---
name: "Cruel Celebrant"
mana_cost: "{W}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Vampire"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "WAR-188"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Bastien L. Deharme"
oracle_id: "3ee78cfc-0e9e-4737-a7e2-b42f94228040"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cruel-celebrant-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cruel Celebrant
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Vampire

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature or another creature or planeswalker you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vindictive Vampire](/printing/vindictive-vampire-clu.md) — Creature — Vampire
2. [Vengeful Bloodwitch](/printing/vengeful-bloodwitch-fdn.md) — Creature — Vampire Warlock
3. [Blood Artist](/printing/blood-artist-soc.md) — Creature — Vampire
4. [Kheru Bloodsucker](/printing/kheru-bloodsucker-ktk.md) — Creature — Vampire
5. [Kalastria Highborn](/printing/kalastria-highborn-fdn.md) — Creature — Vampire Shaman
6. [A-Blood Artist](/printing/a-blood-artist-jmp.md) — Creature — Vampire

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #WAR-188
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Bastien L. Deharme
- **Total Printings:** 3 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2019-05-03)* If Cruel Celebrant dies at the same time as one or more other creatures and/or planeswalkers you control, its ability triggers for each of them.
- *(2019-05-03)* In a Two-Headed Giant game, Cruel Celebrant's ability causes the opposing team to lose 2 life and you gain 1 life.
- *(2019-05-03)* If a planeswalker that's also a creature dies, Cruel Celebrant's ability triggers only once.