---
name: "Vampiric Embrace"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "164"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Thomas M. Baxa"
oracle_id: "c7a50ece-4fe4-4e54-9319-b92a4144445d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/vampiric-embrace-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Vampiric Embrace
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying.
Whenever a creature dealt damage by enchanted creature this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sengir Vampire](/printing/sengir-vampire-anb.md) — Creature — Vampire
2. [Mephidross Vampire](/printing/mephidross-vampire-spg.md) — Creature — Vampire
3. [Vein Drinker](/printing/vein-drinker-c17.md) — Creature — Vampire
4. [Vampirism](/printing/vampirism-vis.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Gift of Fangs](/printing/gift-of-fangs-dbl.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Vampiric Dragon](/printing/vampiric-dragon-td0.md) — Creature — Vampire Dragon

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #164
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Thomas M. Baxa
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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