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Vampiric Tutor
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Vampiric Tutor

{B}

Instant

LegalGame Changer Salt 1.60Rank #110

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Why is this card good?

Vampiric Tutor is one of the best tutors in the format, and a near-auto-include in any black deck willing to run it. The reasons are simple: it costs one mana, it's an instant, and it finds anything. At end of opponent's turn you grab your best answer or combo piece for the cost of two life — trivial in a 40-life format. The instant speed is huge: you can hold it up reactively, fetch a board wipe, removal, or a counterspell-adjacent answer based on what the table does. It's strongest in combo decks (find the missing piece), stax/control (grab the right answer), and competitive lists generally. The downside is real card disadvantage — you trade a card and tempo to put something on top, so you draw it next turn. Don't run it in casual/low-power pods where it just makes your games feel solitaire-y, or in fair, go-wide goodstuff decks that don't have a high-value target worth tutoring for. It's a "Game Changer" for a reason — match it to the table.

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Demonic TutorB

Black tutor that puts card straight to hand for one more mana.

Imperial SealB

Sorcery-speed mirror of Vampiric Tutor, top-of-library tutor for life.

Grim TutorB

Black tutor to hand with life loss, similar role.

Mystical TutorU

Instant-speed top-of-library tutor in blue, same fetch function.

Diabolic IntentB

Tutor to hand by sacrificing a creature, efficient black searcher.

Demonic ConsultationB

Cheap instant black tutor digging your library quickly.

Vampiric RitesB

Misname risk—replace; use Beseech the Mirror for flexible black tutor.

Personal TutorU

Top-of-library tutor for sorceries, similar setup effect.

Printings (16)

soaSecrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive · #165M$823.17Buy
soaSecrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive · #35M$58.53Buy
soaSecrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive · #100M$161.08Buy
dmrDominaria Remastered · #314M$60.67Buy
dmrDominaria Remastered · #108M$60.75Buy
dmrDominaria Remastered · #430M$67.10Buy
plstThe List · #EMA-112M$69.50Buy
cmrCommander Legends · #156M$60.59Buy
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j18Judge Gift Cards 2018 · #2R$171.80Buy
emaEternal Masters · #112M$67.69Buy
g00Judge Gift Cards 2000 · #2R$287.42Buy
wc99World Championship Decks 1999 · #js161R$51.00Buy
6edClassic Sixth Edition · #161R$65.95Buy
olepOversized League Prizes · #74R—Buy
visVisions · #72R$75.36Buy

Combos (8)

  • Approach of the Second Sun + Vampiric Tutor

    → Win the game

  • Conspicuous Snoop + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Vampiric Tutor

    → Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite ETB

  • Isochron Scepter + Vampiric Tutor + Nexus of Fate + Venser's Journal

    → Infinite turns, Skip your draw steps, Lock

  • Isochron Scepter + Vampiric Tutor + Nexus of Fate + Palace Siege

    → Infinite turns, Skip your draw steps, Lock

  • Spellbinder + Beacon of Tomorrows + Vampiric Tutor

    → Near-infinite turns, Skip your draw steps, Lock

  • Deceiver of Form + Biovisionary + Vampiric Tutor

    → Win the game

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