---
name: "Falkenrath Torturer"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Vampire"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "INR"
set_name: "Innistrad Remastered"
collector_number: "109"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Steve Argyle"
oracle_id: "f578a5e0-77e2-4c35-90b2-6628ed9b218e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/falkenrath-torturer-inr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Falkenrath Torturer
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Vampire

## Oracle Text
Sacrifice a creature: This creature gains flying until end of turn. If the sacrificed creature was a Human, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Falkenrath Aristocrat](/printing/falkenrath-aristocrat-2xm.md) — Creature — Vampire Noble
2. [Ravenous Vampire](/printing/ravenous-vampire-mir.md) — Creature — Vampire
3. [Crovax the Cursed](/printing/crovax-the-cursed-tpr.md) — Legendary Creature — Vampire Noble
4. [High-Society Hunter](/printing/high-society-hunter-fdn.md) — Creature — Vampire Noble
5. [Falkenrath Forebear](/printing/falkenrath-forebear-vow.md) — Creature — Vampire
6. [Vampire Aristocrat](/printing/vampire-aristocrat-mm3.md) — Creature — Vampire Rogue Noble

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad Remastered (INR) #109
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Steve Argyle

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2011-01-22)* You can sacrifice Falkenrath Torturer itself to activate its ability.
- *(2011-01-22)* The ability checks whether the sacrificed creature as it last existed on the battlefield was a Human. (It doesn’t matter what its creature types are in the graveyard.)