Vulturous Zombie

Vulturous Zombie card image

Vulturous Zombie: Creature - Plant Zombie, Commander Anthology Volume II. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{B}{G}
Mana value
5
Type
Creature - Plant Zombie
Colour identity
Black and green (BG)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2)
Released
2018-06-08
Collector number
170
Artist
Greg Staples
Commander rank
16,133 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying

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About Vulturous Zombie

Vulturous Zombie is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black and green creature from Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2), a Commander product released in June 2018. It is collector number 170 in that set, with art by Greg Staples. It costs {3}{B}{G} (three generic, one black and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is black and green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Ravnica: City of Guilds (2005) to Commander Anthology Volume II (2018). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.28 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

"When something dies, all things benefit. Well okay, just our things." -Ezoc, Golgari rot farmer

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.28 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Vulturous Zombie by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Vulturous Zombie

Vulturous Zombie has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Commander Anthology (CMA) #196Rare2017
Commander 2016 (C16) #228Rare2016
Commander 2015 (C15) #238Rare2015
Commander 2011 (CMD) #236Rare2011
Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV) #238Rare2005

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Vulturous Zombie, newest first.

  • This ability triggers only on cards, so it won’t trigger when a token is put into your opponent’s graveyard.
  • The ability doesn’t care why a card goes to your opponent’s graveyard - only that it does. The ability triggers when a card is put into your opponent’s graveyard from the stack (a spell resolves, fails to resolve, or is countered), from the battlefield (a permanent is destroyed or sacrificed), from the player’s hand (a card is discarded), from the player’s library (from a Millstone-like effect), or from any other zone.

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