Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

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Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose: Legendary Creature - Vampire Cleric, Foundations Jumpstart. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Creature - Vampire Cleric
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
1/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
Released
2024-11-15
Collector number
71
Artist
Susumu Kuroi
Commander rank
493 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black legendary creature from Foundations Jumpstart (J25), a draft-focused set released in November 2024. It is collector number 71 in that set, with art by Susumu Kuroi. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Core Set 2021 (2020) to Foundations Jumpstart (2024). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $11.04 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).

Card text

Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.

{3}{B}{B}: Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.

"Oppose us and die a heretic. Join us and be blessed with immortality."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $11.04 (as of 2026-11-03).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose has been printed in 9 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The Zeta Set (SLZ) #173Rare2026
The Zeta Set (SLZ) #294Rare2026
The Zeta Set (SLZ) #52Rare2026
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2282Rare2025
Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #487Rare2022
30th Anniversary Play Promos (P30A) #28Rare2022
Core Set 2021 Promos (PM21) #127★Rare2021
Planeswalker Championship Promos (PWCS) #2021-3Rare2021
Core Set 2021 (M21) #127Rare2020
Core Set 2021 (M21) #362Rare2020
Core Set 2021 Promos (PM21) #127pRare2020
Core Set 2021 Promos (PM21) #127sRare2020

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, newest first.

  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause the ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase.
  • If an ability triggers whenever an opponent loses life and causes you to gain life, such as the ability of Exquisite Blood, this will loop until either you win the game or a player takes an action to break the loop.
  • Because Vito's first ability doesn't deal damage, you won't gain life when it resolves if Vito has lifelink.
  • If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something, that life is gained as one event and Vito's first ability triggers only once.
  • Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Vito's first ability will trigger twice and you may choose a different opponent for each trigger. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, and/or planeswalkers at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.

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