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Scorpion, Seething Striker
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Scorpion, Seething Striker

{3}{B}

Legendary Creature — Scorpion Human Villain

Deathtouch

At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died this turn, target creature you control connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

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ConniveDeathtouch
Set
Through the Omenpaths (OM1 #68)
Rarity
Uncommon
Mana value
4
Released
2025-09-23
Artist
Dmitry Burmak
EDHREC rank
#11,333
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.14
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Roxxon Brutes 80 %+79.6 %
  2. Iron Monger, Sadistic Tycoon 75 %+74.5 %
  3. Madame Masque 75 %+74.3 %
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress 75 %+74.1 %
  5. Construct a Cosmic Cube 60 %+58.4 %
  6. Body Launderer 56 %+54.5 %
  7. Archpriest of Shadows 52 %+50.7 %
  8. Daily Bugle Newspaper 50 %+49.7 %
  9. Lethal Scheme 52 %+49.2 %
  10. M.O.D.O.K., Evil Intellect 50 %+49.1 %
  11. Scurrilous Sentry 48 %+47.9 %
  12. Grave Titan 52 %+45.1 %
  13. Scorpion's Sting 44 %+44.2 %
  14. Spider-Man Noir 44 %+44.1 %
  15. Vashta Nerada 44 %+42.5 %
  16. Zombify 44 %+42.2 %
  17. Hero's Downfall 48 %+41.6 %
  18. Archenemy's Charm 48 %+39.1 %
  19. Victimize 67 %+39.1 %
  20. Villainous Wrath 40 %+38.0 %
  21. Merciless Executioner 44 %+36.8 %
  22. Lethal Protection 37 %+36.8 %
  23. Tragic Slip 56 %+36.8 %
  24. Undertaker 37 %+36.7 %
  25. Wayfarer's Bauble 48 %+33.7 %
  26. Nowhere to Run 37 %+33.6 %
  27. Hagra Constrictor 33 %+33.1 %
  28. Fell Beast of Mordor 33 %+32.6 %
  29. Alpharael, Stonechosen 33 %+32.3 %
  30. Vincent Valentine 37 %+31.6 %
  31. Accursed Marauder 52 %+29.9 %
  32. Mechanical Mobster 30 %+29.5 %
  33. Dread Return 41 %+28.9 %
  34. Umbral Collar Zealot 37 %+28.8 %
  35. Ancient Brass Dragon 30 %+28.6 %
  36. Rise of the Dark Realms 41 %+27.4 %
  37. Massacre Girl 33 %+26.8 %
  38. Night's Whisper 52 %+26.5 %
  39. The Masamune 33 %+25.8 %
  40. Maha, Its Feathers Night 30 %+25.3 %
  41. Revel in Riches 30 %+25.2 %
  42. Minion Missile 25 %+24.8 %
  43. Damocles Base, Sword of Kang 25 %+24.7 %
  44. White Widow, Yelena Belova 25 %+24.6 %
  45. Black Widow, Deadly Hunter 25 %+24.5 %
  46. Whisper, Blood Liturgist 26 %+24.4 %
  47. Fleshbag Marauder 41 %+24.2 %
  48. Age of Ultron 25 %+23.9 %
  49. Fight On! 26 %+23.8 %
  50. Persistent Specimen 26 %+23.7 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 100 %+4.7 %
  2. Sol Ring 85 %-0.2 %
  3. Roxxon Brutes 80 %+79.6 %
  4. Madame Masque 75 %+74.3 %
  5. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress 75 %+74.1 %
  6. Iron Monger, Sadistic Tycoon 75 %+74.5 %
  7. Arcane Signet 67 %+5.3 %
  8. Dark Ritual 67 %-0.7 %
  9. Victimize 67 %+39.1 %
  10. Construct a Cosmic Cube 60 %+58.4 %
  11. Feed the Swarm 59 %+8.9 %
  12. Tragic Slip 56 %+36.8 %
  13. Body Launderer 56 %+54.5 %
  14. Defile 56 %+20.3 %
  15. Grave Titan 52 %+45.1 %
  16. Night's Whisper 52 %+26.5 %
  17. Lethal Scheme 52 %+49.2 %
  18. Archpriest of Shadows 52 %+50.7 %
  19. Accursed Marauder 52 %+29.9 %
  20. Bojuka Bog 52 %+4.7 %
  21. Sign in Blood 52 %+17.0 %
  22. M.O.D.O.K., Evil Intellect 50 %+49.1 %
  23. Daily Bugle Newspaper 50 %+49.7 %
  24. Scurrilous Sentry 48 %+47.9 %
  25. Archenemy's Charm 48 %+39.1 %
  26. Hero's Downfall 48 %+41.6 %
  27. Wayfarer's Bauble 48 %+33.7 %
  28. Deadly Dispute 48 %+21.2 %
  29. Blood Artist 44 %+12.9 %
  30. Merciless Executioner 44 %+36.8 %
  31. Spider-Man Noir 44 %+44.1 %
  32. Scorpion's Sting 44 %+44.2 %
  33. Zombify 44 %+42.2 %
  34. Mind Stone 44 %+16.7 %
  35. Vashta Nerada 44 %+42.5 %
  36. Syr Konrad, the Grim 41 %+20.7 %
  37. Fleshbag Marauder 41 %+24.2 %
  38. Dread Return 41 %+28.9 %
  39. Jet Medallion 41 %-21.3 %
  40. Rise of the Dark Realms 41 %+27.4 %
  41. Villainous Wrath 40 %+38.0 %
  42. Nowhere to Run 37 %+33.6 %
  43. Lethal Protection 37 %+36.8 %
  44. Charcoal Diamond 37 %+15.4 %
  45. Reassembling Skeleton 37 %+19.4 %
  46. Undertaker 37 %+36.7 %
  47. Vincent Valentine 37 %+31.6 %
  48. Umbral Collar Zealot 37 %+28.8 %
  49. Morbid Opportunist 33 %+9.1 %
  50. Bontu's Monument 33 %+5.4 %

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2025-09-19

    If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to connive but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still connives. If you discard a nonland card this way, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on anything. Abilities that trigger "when [that creature] connives" will trigger.

  • 2025-09-19

    If no card is discarded, most likely because that player's hand is empty and an effect says they can't draw cards, the conniving creature does not receive a +1/+1 counter.

  • 2025-09-19

    Once an ability that causes a creature to connive begins to resolve, no player may take any other actions until it's done. Notably, opponents can't try to remove the conniving creature after you discard a nonland card but before it receives a counter.

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