Card
Vein Ripper
Mana cost {3}{B}{B}{B}
Creature — Vampire Assassin 6/5
Flying Ward—Sacrifice a creature. Whenever a creature dies, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Part of 161 known combos, one of them two-card. 1 official ruling.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · MKM · #110
- Cheapest printing
- €6.58
- EDHREC salt
- 0.55
- Color identity
- Black
- Keywords
- Flying, Ward
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Tombstone Stairwell
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Tombstone Stairwell
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partner: Tombstone Stairwell
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Tombstone Stairwell (early with Tombstone Stairwell)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
161 known combos, one of them two-card.
- Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Vein Ripper
Produces: Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite lifegain triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Warren Soultrader + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Vein Ripper
Produces: Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Nest of Scarabs + Vein Ripper
Produces: Near-infinite -1/-1 counters, Near-infinite card draw, Near-infinite death triggers
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2024-02-02 · Wizards of the Coast
If Vein Ripper dies at the same time as one or more other creatures, its last ability triggers for each of those creatures.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast