Innistrad: Crimson Vow is the latest installment in the ever-popular Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It is the 90th Magic Expansion which was paired up with Innistrad: Midnight Hunt.
Since its release on November 19, 202, it has taken the trading card game community by storm with its unique blend of stunning artwork, compelling storyline, and powerful gameplay mechanics.
Innistrad: Crimson Vow has 277 regular cards, 100 common, 83 uncommon, 64 rare, 20 mythic rare, and 10 basic land cards. Additionally, premium versions of all cards are randomly inserted into the sets.
This article will explore the top 8 most expensive Crimson Vow cards,
highlighting their unique abilities, artwork, and lore that make them coveted additions to any MTG collection.
Note that these cards’ prices often fluctuate depending on demand and other factors. We compiled this list based on the current price of these cards in the market.
8. Olivia, Crimson Bride
Rarity: Mythic Rare
Artist: Anna Steinbauer
source: gatherer.wizards.com
Olivia, Crimson Bride is a legendary creature card. As a member of the vampire tribe, Olivia possesses formidable abilities that reflect her status as a powerful and deadly vampire bride. Olivia is a progenitor of the Voldaren bloodline.
Olivia, Crimson Bride is a 3/4 creature card with flying, lifelink, and haste. Flying allows Olivia to evade ground-based blockers, making her a formidable attacker in the air.
Lifelink is an ability that causes the creature’s controller to gain life equal to the damage dealt by the creature. This makes Olivia an excellent card for players looking to gain life quickly, especially in the late game. Finally, Olivia has haste, which allows her to attack immediately after being played without waiting a turn.
In addition to her abilities in the game, Olivia has an intriguing backstory in the Magic: The Gathering lore. She was to host the biggest wedding in Innistrad’s history and planned to marry the progenitor of the Markov bloodline, Edgar Markov, to unite the vampire bloodlines under her rule.
Did you know?
Before becoming a vampire, Olivia was a wealthy woman known for her beauty, and she loved living in distant places away from human civilization.
7. Hallowed Haunting
Rarity: Mythic Rare
Artist: David Auden Nash
source: gatherer.wizards.com
Hallowed Haunting is an enchantment card. According to the rule of the game, when a player controls seven or more enchantments, all creatures under their control gain flying and vigilance, making them more difficult to block and better at defending.
Additionally, whenever the player casts an enchantment spell while controlling Hallowed Haunting, they create a white Spirit Cleric creature token with power and toughness equal to the number of Spirits they control. This ability can be useful for players looking to build up a board presence and overwhelm their opponents with a swarm of creatures.
Did you know?
Crimson Vow is the first set in the Magic’s history where multicolored vampires do not have any black in their appearance.
6. Sorin the Mirthless
Rarity: Mythic Rare
Artist: Martina Fačková
source: gatherer.wizards.com
Sorin the Mirthless is a complex character whose power lies in his ability to manipulate knowledge and secrets. His first loyalty ability allows players to look at the top card of their library and decide whether to reveal it. If revealed, players gain life equal to their converted mana cost, but if not, the card remains on top of the library.
This ability reflects Sorin’s personality and tactics perfectly. He is a master of manipulation, withholding information to gain an advantage over his opponents. His dark powers allow him to command hordes of undead creatures and drain the life force from his enemies.
Sorin is a ruthless and powerful planeswalker, feared by many and respected by few. His ability to manipulate the top of his library is just one of the many tools at his disposal, making him a formidable opponent in any battle.
Did you know?
It is the third playable card featuring Sorin Markov. The other two are Sorin, Grim Nemesis, and Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord.
5. Necroduality
Rarity: Mythic Rare
Artist: Billy Christian
source: gatherer.wizards.com
Necroduality is a powerful enchantment card. It can return up to two target creature cards from a graveyard to the battlefield under the control of their owner. However, those creatures are exiled at the beginning of the next end step.
Necroduality is a combination of the words “necro,” meaning death, and “duality,” meaning a state of two parts. This name reflects the card’s theme of balance between life and death.
Necroduality is a powerful tool. Its ability to return creatures from a graveyard to the battlefield can change the game’s momentum, giving you a second chance to defeat your opponents. However, the temporary nature of the resurrected creatures means that you must be strategic in how you use them.
Did you know?
Initially, Magic planned to make Crimson Vow a zombie-themed set. Later the focus was shifted to a vampire wedding.
4. Stormcarved Coast
source: gatherer.wizards.com
Stormcarved Coast is a rare land card that can produce either blue or green mana when tapped. It is a popular card among players who build decks focused on blue-green color combinations, as it can help provide the mana necessary to cast powerful spells and creatures.
The flavor text on the card reads, “Frequent, violent storms shape the Nephalia coastline, sculpting cliffs and caves where monsters often lurk,” hinting at the dangers that await those who venture too close to the edge.
When played, Stormcarved Coast enters the battlefield tapped unless the player controls two or more other lands.
Did you know?
There are two Magic: The Gatherer cards that are unique. That means only one copy of each of these cards was ever printed. Those are Shichifukujin Dragon and the 1996 World Champion card.
3. Chanda, Dressed to Kill
Card Number: 149
Rarity: Mythic Rare
Artist: Viktor Titov
source: gatherer.wizards.com
Chandra, Dressed to Kill, is a red human Planeswalker. Chandar’s first ability allows you to cause damage to your opponent or their planeswalkers, with the added bonus of allowing you to exile the top card of your library.
Chandra’s second ability lets you cast the exiled card if it’s red, with some exceptions. For instance, if you exile a modal double-faced card with a red front and blue back, you can cast either side with this ability. However, her last ability is more restrictive, allowing you to cast red spells regardless of the exiled card’s color.
It’s important to note that you must pay all costs for spells cast through Chandra’s last two abilities, and for the second ability, you must follow all timing restrictions.
Additionally, her emblem’s triggered ability considers the amount of mana spent to cast the spell, including any effects that modify the cost.
Did you know?
The card features one of the most iconic characters of the story, Chanda Nalaar, who is good with fire and uses it to resolve anything that comes her way.
2. Cultivator Colossus
Card Number: 195
Rarity: Mythic Rare
Artist: Antonio José Manzanedo
source: gatherer.wizards.com
Cultivator Colossus is a Plant Beast creature card. This creature is unique because its power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands a player controls. With its high mana cost of six, having a healthy number of lands is critical to maximizing Cultivator Colossus’s abilities.
When Cultivator Colossus enters the battlefield, players can put a land card from their hand onto the battlefield tapped. If they do, they get to draw a card and repeat the process, potentially adding even more lands and increasing the creature’s power and toughness.
It’s important to note that the process is repeated as part of Cultivator Colossus’s triggered ability’s resolution. If the land card that’s put onto the battlefield caused any abilities to trigger, those abilities won’t go on the stack until after the ability has finished resolving.
Players can keep repeating this process until they decline to put a land card onto the battlefield, making Cultivator Colossus a versatile and powerful addition to any green deck.
Did you know?
The MTG set is commonly known as Alpha. However, it was not the official name, and the set was called Magic: The Gathering. Later, as more and more cards were released, the first set became known as Alpha, and the second set became known as Beta (originally named Unlimited Edition).
1. Toxrill, the Corrosive
Card Number: 321
Rarity: Mythic Rare
Artist: DZO
source: gatherer.wizards.com
Toxrill, the Corrosive, is the most expensive card from the Crimson Vow set in Magic: The Gathering. Its first ability is unique, as at the beginning of each end step, it puts a slime counter on each creature you don’t control. This slime counter becomes critical, as Toxrill’s second ability states that creatures you don’t control get -1/-1 for each slime counter on them.
Moreover, whenever a creature you don’t control with a slime counter on it dies, you get to create a 1/1 black Slug creature token thanks to Toxrill’s third ability. It’s important to note that Toxrill’s second and third abilities apply to all creatures you don’t control with slime counters, even if those counters came from a source other than Toxrill’s first ability.
Additionally, Toxrill’s third ability triggers when a creature an opponent controls with a slime counter on it dies for any reason, not just due to its toughness being decreased by Toxrill’s second ability.
Did you know?
The iconic Bird of Paradise card from the first Magic: The Gatherer set resulted from a design mistake. Originally a land card was planned, but after the design was submitted, the team noticed the bird in the foreground was too prominent. Then it was turned into a creature card.
