Scampire is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

When Scampire enters, you get , then you may put a sticker on a creature card in your graveyard. : Return target creature card with a sticker on it from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.

Complete guide

Welcome to the dark side of the carnival with Scampire, a Vampire Employee that specializes in reanimating your fallen creatures. This card utilizes the sticker mechanic and Ticket counters to mark targets for a temporary return to the battlefield. By combining resource management with graveyard recursion, Scampire ensures your best threats never stay dead for long.

Setting the Stage with Stickers

When Scampire enters the battlefield, you immediately receive one Ticket counter ({TK}). As part of the same triggered ability, you may then choose a creature card in your graveyard and place a sticker on it. Stickers remain on cards as they move between public zones, meaning a sticker placed on a card in the graveyard stays there until the card enters a hidden zone like your hand or library.

Reanimation Mechanics

Scampire possesses an activated ability costing {3}{B} that can only be used during your main phase when the stack is empty. This ability targets a creature card in your graveyard that has a sticker on it. Upon resolution, that card is returned to the battlefield and gains haste. However, this return is fleeting; a delayed triggered ability is created that will exile the creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Common Pitfalls

A common mistake is forgetting that the reanimation ability is restricted to sorcery speed. You cannot use Scampire to bring back a blocker during your opponent's turn. Additionally, if the creature card loses its sticker—for example, by being returned to your hand and then discarded again—it is no longer a legal target for Scampire's ability unless you apply a new sticker.

Strategic Timing

Because the creature is exiled at the next end step, it is best to use Scampire's ability at the start of your pre-combat main phase. This ensures you maximize the value of the haste keyword. If you activate this ability during your post-combat main phase, you will still lose the creature at the end of the turn without having had the chance to attack with it.

Interaction examples

Doubling the Tickets

Scampire

Roaming Throne

With Roaming Throne on the battlefield naming 'Vampire', Scampire's enter-the-battlefield ability triggers twice. You will receive a total of two Ticket counters and may place stickers on two different creature cards in your graveyard, setting up multiple reanimation targets for future turns.

The Ticket Economy

Scampire

Ticket Bucket-Bot

When Scampire enters, you get a Ticket counter. You can track this using Ticket Bucket-Bot. If you have enough Ticket counters from other sources, you could choose to place a power/toughness or ability sticker on the creature card in your graveyard. Scampire's reanimation ability only requires the card to have 'a sticker,' regardless of whether it was a name sticker, an art sticker, or a sticker with a Ticket cost.

Value Reanimation

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Solemn Simulacrum

If Solemn Simulacrum is in your graveyard and has a sticker, you can pay {3}{B} to return it to the battlefield. You will trigger the Simulacrum's ability to search for a land. Because Scampire grants it haste, you can attack. At the beginning of the next end step, the Simulacrum is exiled. Note that since it is exiled and does not 'die,' you will not get to draw a card from the Simulacrum's second ability.

Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.