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◇ Catalog #117

Vampire's Bite

zen·#117·common·nonfoil

Illus. Christopher Moeller

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Oct '09

17 yr ago

Value

$0.17+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.18 · low $0.16

NM$0.17

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.16–$0.18modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.17low $0.03range 466.7%n 52

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #20,514 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$3.43

Nonfoil$0.17

Gameplay

Instant

Kicker {2}{B} (You may pay an additional {2}{B} as you cast this spell.) Target creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 6

2024-11-08wotc

The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.

2024-11-08wotc

If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.

2024-11-08wotc

If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.

2024-11-08

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.17. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.17 across 52 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ZEN — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #117 of *Zendikar*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2009 Zendikar release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {B} (1 converted). Keyword abilities: Kicker.

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #20,514 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Christopher Moeller. Rarix catalogs 1,011 other cards credited to this artist.