Stromkirk Captain
Stromkirk Captain: Creature - Vampire Soldier, Crimson Vow Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Vampire Soldier
- Colour identity
- Black and red (BR)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Crimson Vow Commander (VOC)
- Released
- 2021-11-19
- Collector number
- 157
- Artist
- Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss
- Commander rank
- 3,002 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- First strike
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About Stromkirk Captain
Stromkirk Captain is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black and red creature from Crimson Vow Commander (VOC), a Commander product released in November 2021. It is collector number 157 in that set, with art by Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss. It costs {1}{B}{R} (one generic, one black and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is black and red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Dark Ascension (2012) to Shadows of the Past (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.28 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-04).
Card text
First strike
Other Vampire creatures you control get +1/+1 and have first strike.
"No longer can we allow our human populations to be mindlessly slaughtered by ghouls. Slay all who trespass." -Runo Stromkirk
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.28 (as of 2026-11-04).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Stromkirk Captain by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Stromkirk Captain
Stromkirk Captain has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #DKA-143 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Shadows of the Past (SIS) #67 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Commander 2017 (C17) #197 | Uncommon | 2017 |
| Dark Ascension (DKA) #143 | Uncommon | 2012 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Stromkirk Captain.
- If a creature with first strike deals damage in the first combat damage step, but then loses first strike before regular combat damage, it won't deal combat damage a second time (unless it also has double strike).
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black and red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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