Vampire Nocturnus
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Magic 2010M10 · #118
- Card type
- Creature — Vampire
- Rarity
- Mythic rare
- Indicative price
- 5.69 € · ★ 18.16 € · 7.76 $ · ★ 19.41 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 3
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Play with the top card of your library revealed. As long as the top card of your library is black, this creature and other Vampire creatures you control get +2/+1 and have flying.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Raymond Swanland
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2009-07-17
Flavour text
"Your life will set with the sun."
Rulings
To work as an evasion ability, an attacking creature must already have flying when the declare blockers step begins. Once a creature has become blocked, giving it flying won't change that.
If the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability, the new top card won't be revealed until you finish doing so.
The top card of your library isn't in your hand, so you can't suspend it, cycle it, discard it, or activate any of its activated abilities.
When playing with the top card of your library revealed, if an effect tells you to draw several cards, reveal each one before you draw it.
If the top card of your library is black, Vampire Nocturnus will give itself +2/+1 and flying even if it's somehow not a Vampire.
