A great creature, representing Vampires perfectly...Many a game has ended by a beatdown via this card...
r-e-meatyard
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
So iconic. Nice work Anson Maddocks for helping establish this game as something unique and, dare I say, hardcore.
opinionfailure
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I really like this card a lot. Awesome art work and the card's abilities are a great representation of a vampire. This card really brings back old memories of playing Mono-Black Weenie (with this guy serving as the black Serra Angel) versus the White Weenie with my brother. Fantastic nestalgia with this one. I love black cards. I love old cards. I love awesome art work. This card has it all.
Under Appreciated card these days. Damn Titans.....what a mistake
Kirbster
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(5 votes)
Ah, the original vampire. I love how he's a yellowed, blood-smeared subhuman monstrosity rather than the modern Creature - Vampire Fairy.
handoflazav_414
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
quite the opposite of the Innistrad vampires, so that instead of damaging players and getting counters, he instead gets counters by killing creatures. nice touch
The_Erudite_Idiot
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
My friend who introduced me to Magic had this in his deck. This with Unholy Strength versus my Killer Bees! I lost more games than I won...
The_Riddle_of_Steel
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
What can I say that hasn't been said? One of the icons of the game early on. I love that Maddocks was free to imagine and create such a twisted vampire and that WotC let him! This was before Interview with a Vampire and Twilight made kids think that Vampires should look sexy. And it was before WotC had to worry about pleasing the masses. They let the artists inject such originality into their new world and created a unique flavor for their unique game. it would have been much less risky to stick with boring, classic, archetypal fantasy art, but they rolled the dice with a lot of early art and hit a home run. There is no doubt what the color black represents in this game: these vampires are deranged, evil creatures of the night. Anson Maddocks did as much to define the early flavor of Magic as anyone.
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