Of course its not a vampire. Its a vampire bat.
Not all vampires turn into bats. Not all bats turn into vampires. Sengir Nosferatu turns into a bat; Kalitas, bloodchief of ghet does not.
Vampire bats exist in real life, you know. Which, of course, means black mana does as well.
Posted By:
Kryptnyt
(10/24/2010 7:52:38 AM)
Not at all bad for a common flier of its age; it still had a role in Limited as Pit Imp and Phyrexian Battleflies several years later. Any early 'tings you inflict with cards like this will be much more mana-intensive than they're worth in Constructed, but just fine in Limited, and Flying gives this a role even much later in the game in the latter, when you aren't likely to care much about the mana.
Posted By:
jeff-heikkinen
(11/12/2009 10:14:42 PM)
What did baby shrew say to his mother when he saw an bat?
"When I grow big, I want to join airforces!"
Posted By:
tavaritz
(5/9/2011 10:13:47 AM)
I'd like to see this colorshifted to red, perhaps without the 2-per-turn restriction. Yes, I know red is bad at flying.
Came up with the idea by applying the Tireless Tribe -> Temple Acolyte relationship to Firefly.
Posted By:
HuntingDrake
(6/2/2011 3:01:16 AM)
I'm pretty sure everyone I knew had identical reactions to reading over this card.
"So-so chump for 
, but who the hell is Theodore Roethke?"
Back when Magic flavor text namechecked obscure authors (and Shakespeare) for no particular reason at all.
Posted By:
Salient
(1/30/2012 3:39:56 PM)
WTF!? Why is this NOT a vampire??? VAMPIRE bats. Come on!
I will play this card again if they errata the creature type.
Posted By:
Mudbutt_on
(3/12/2010 10:08:26 PM)
Wow... THIS CARD SUCKS!
Posted By:
Hivis_of_the_Scale
(9/18/2011 8:13:17 AM)
Legends Limited bomb.
Posted By:
Goatllama
(1/21/2014 6:09:41 AM)