---
name: "Vampiric Touch"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "POR"
set_name: "Portal"
collector_number: "115"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Zina Saunders"
oracle_id: "b701378f-681b-4840-bd11-1a97c2a675f2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/vampiric-touch-por"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Vampiric Touch
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Vampiric Touch deals 2 damage to target opponent or planeswalker and you gain 2 life.

> *A touch, not comforting, but of death.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vampiric Feast](/printing/vampiric-feast-por.md) — Sorcery
2. [Taste of Blood](/printing/taste-of-blood-m12.md) — Sorcery
3. [Vampire's Kiss](/printing/vampires-kiss-dbl.md) — Sorcery
4. [Vicious Hunger](/printing/vicious-hunger-ddd.md) — Sorcery
5. [Sorin's Thirst](/printing/sorins-thirst-m12.md) — Instant
6. [Vampire Opportunist](/printing/vampire-opportunist-anb.md) — Creature — Vampire

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Portal (POR) #115
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Zina Saunders
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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