Death Match and this is really nice. Each turn, do four damage simply by attacking, since it's flying, then pay 4 mana to give any two creatures -3/-3. Dire Undercurrents for continuous discard. Hamletback Goliath, Pandemonium, all kinds of combo possibilities.
sbridge
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(11 votes)
This is what I call a REAL vampire!
Fordin
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(5 votes)
This guy is very hard to kill as long as you have some mana in store...lovley!
Tommy9898
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
He should have been reprinted in M10, maybe M11...
Gaussgoat
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(6 votes)
I played this last night and one of my friends didn't get it at first, lol. He was like, "is the bat more powerful?" and I just shook my head. He then proceeded to try and take control of it, and I turned him into the bat, haha.
Thematically one of my favorite cards for black. A little pricey, but really fun.
4/5
Omenchild
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(4 votes)
hmm i wanna find a way to abuse the fact that the bats return just any sengir nosferatu exiled. im thinking making clones and then suspending them or maybe somehow removing them from the game with like doomsday or something
edit: Doomsday+Rings of Brightearth+4 Of these babies.
Cast Doomsday with a Nosferatu in play, then as a Bat copy the ability to bring back multiple Nosferatu. Hm, the cloning doesn't work though i think.
Sironos
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(8 votes)
Ah, a vamp that can turn into a bat, a classic, nice to see.
SleetFox
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(5 votes)
Playing it "correctly" is not exactly worth its mana, but it's still got a lot of neat gimmicks that can be played with it. It can shed Pacifism and Narcolepsy, and it can abuse effects that trigger when creatures come into play as well.
Plus, the flavor. It's awesome.
Qoid
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(7 votes)
Scott M. Fischer knows how to illustrate cards.
youbeenswerved
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I bet he'll show up in M12 or Innistrad.
Racnornam
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
very nice, love the flavor, and your opponet needs 2+ removal spells as long as you have 2+ mana open
hopfully in Innistrad
Paladin85
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(5 votes)
Very nice, this is the 1st vampire with the ability to turn into bats commonly perceived by people.
Also, there is no restriction on what the tokens can bring back (copies can be created and you can use the copies to bring the exiled card back)
4.5/5
Lavrant
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(4 votes)
This really wants to be a Double-Faced Card.
BarlowEnter
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
It can be used to block, and pay the mana cost, instantly removed from combat, and the creature he was blocking was still blocked, and has a 4/4's power dented on it, even if it survived. This is his basic, fundamental use, if I'm correct? He is invincible if his creature ability can be activated for infinite amount of times same as an instant. Not two lightning bolt could stop him. Not eight 4 damage instant-targetting could kill him. He would just BE there.
Non target damage spell, or sweepers like Damnation would still get him.
Interesting that the Vampire is exiled but the Bat dies. I wonder if that was due to space considerations, and if both sides would have "exiled" if the term had existed back then.
Toes_of_Krosa
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Kryptnyt:
Nosferatuuuuuu!
LordRandomness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wait, hold on. It doesn't say "You own". Technically, you can return your opponent's copies if you REALLY want to. That's amusing.
Each Time Spiral card was an homage to at least one previously printed card.
This card references Sengir Bats; since Magic's first set to the appearance of a whole coven of Sengir vampires in Homelands including the Baron himself, Sengir has been the name in vampirism. Nosferatu is not an invented word either; it is actually the name of the first vampire film ever made http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu
mpitcock
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My first card i rated. A lot like the new deathpact angel for gatecrash good card, but bat is weak like that it turns into a bat
N03y3D33R
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Evades removal while triggering cards like Blood Artist. Great card flavor and utility.
personsunknown
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
THE FLAVOR!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stuflames
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It would be cool to see a cycle of these with a multiple-rat type vampire and a fog (bank) type vampire
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Thematically one of my favorite cards for black. A little pricey, but really fun.
4/5
edit: Doomsday+Rings of Brightearth+4 Of these babies.
Cast Doomsday with a Nosferatu in play, then as a Bat copy the ability to bring back multiple Nosferatu. Hm, the cloning doesn't work though i think.
Plus, the flavor. It's awesome.
hopfully in Innistrad
Also, there is no restriction on what the tokens can bring back (copies can be created and you can use the copies to bring the exiled card back)
4.5/5
He is invincible if his creature ability can be activated for infinite amount of times same as an instant.
Not two lightning bolt could stop him. Not eight 4 damage instant-targetting could kill him. He would just BE there.
Non target damage spell, or sweepers like Damnation would still get him.
You could presumably spawn a bat army, and then make use of spells that require exiling creatures you control. Food Chain? City of Shadows? Soul Exchange? Sword of the Ages? Leyline of the Void (and maybe a sac engine)?
Nosferatuuuuuu!
This card references Sengir Bats; since Magic's first set to the appearance of a whole coven of Sengir vampires in Homelands including the Baron himself, Sengir has been the name in vampirism. Nosferatu is not an invented word either; it is actually the name of the first vampire film ever made http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu
A lot like the new deathpact angel for gatecrash
good card, but bat is weak
like that it turns into a bat
Great card flavor and utility.