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The Scorpion God
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The Scorpion God

{3}{B}{R}

Legendary Creature — God

Whenever a creature with a -1/-1 counter on it dies, draw a card.

{1}{B}{R}: Put a -1/-1 counter on another target creature.

When The Scorpion God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

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Set
Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC #133)
Rarity
Mythic
Mana value
5
Released
2026-01-23
Artist
Lius Lasahido
EDHREC rank
#5,211
Colour identity
{B}{R}
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 0.08
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
DrawRecursionRemoval

Combos 1

The Scorpion God+Blowfly Infestation+The Locust God
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTBNear-infinite death triggers
32 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

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

  1. Nest of Scarabs 90 %+89.4 %
  2. Blowfly Infestation 89 %+87.9 %
  3. Kulrath Knight 87 %+86.3 %
  4. Black Sun's Zenith 86 %+85.0 %
  5. Everlasting Torment 84 %+82.8 %
  6. Necroskitter 82 %+81.1 %
  7. Crumbling Ashes 75 %+74.3 %
  8. Massacre Girl, Known Killer 75 %+74.1 %
  9. Contagion Clasp 75 %+74.1 %
  10. Carnifex Demon 72 %+71.5 %
  11. Soul Snuffers 71 %+70.8 %
  12. Midnight Banshee 70 %+69.5 %
  13. Grim Affliction 67 %+66.8 %
  14. Contagion Engine 63 %+62.3 %
  15. Corrosive Mentor 61 %+60.5 %
  16. Skinrender 60 %+60.0 %
  17. Karn's Bastion 61 %+59.9 %
  18. Banewhip Punisher 59 %+58.4 %
  19. Incremental Blight 57 %+56.9 %
  20. Stigma Lasher 56 %+55.6 %
  21. Yawgmoth, Thran Physician 56 %+53.8 %
  22. Spitting Dilophosaurus 54 %+53.2 %
  23. Dusk Urchins 52 %+52.1 %
  24. Persistent Constrictor 57 %+51.9 %
  25. Maha, Its Feathers Night 52 %+50.4 %
  26. Village Pillagers 51 %+49.8 %
  27. Festering Mummy 47 %+46.9 %
  28. Sudden Spoiling 49 %+46.7 %
  29. All Will Be One 48 %+44.8 %
  30. Puncture Blast 44 %+43.6 %
  31. Fume Spitter 44 %+43.6 %
  32. Whisper of the Dross 42 %+41.2 %
  33. Persist 42 %+40.2 %
  34. Drown in Ichor 40 %+39.3 %
  35. Sinister Gnarlbark 39 %+38.5 %
  36. Liliana, Death Wielder 38 %+38.0 %
  37. Fists of the Demigod 38 %+37.7 %
  38. Harbinger of Night 37 %+36.8 %
  39. Volt Charge 34 %+34.0 %
  40. Mahadi, Emporium Master 47 %+33.7 %
  41. Plague Myr 34 %+33.6 %
  42. Necropede 33 %+32.6 %
  43. Scar 32 %+32.3 %
  44. Grasping Dunes 32 %+31.9 %
  45. Lockjaw Snapper 32 %+31.5 %
  46. Liliana's Influence 31 %+31.2 %
  47. Blight Rot 32 %+31.0 %
  48. Reliquary Tower 49 %+30.9 %
  49. Black Market 35 %+30.0 %
  50. Cauldron of Souls 30 %+29.6 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 98 %+0.4 %
  2. Mountain 98 %+0.0 %
  3. Nest of Scarabs 90 %+89.4 %
  4. Blowfly Infestation 89 %+87.9 %
  5. Sol Ring 88 %+1.8 %
  6. Kulrath Knight 87 %+86.3 %
  7. Black Sun's Zenith 86 %+85.0 %
  8. Everlasting Torment 84 %+82.8 %
  9. Command Tower 84 %-2.3 %
  10. Necroskitter 82 %+81.1 %
  11. Arcane Signet 81 %-0.6 %
  12. Massacre Girl, Known Killer 75 %+74.1 %
  13. Crumbling Ashes 75 %+74.3 %
  14. Contagion Clasp 75 %+74.1 %
  15. Carnifex Demon 72 %+71.5 %
  16. Soul Snuffers 71 %+70.8 %
  17. Midnight Banshee 70 %+69.5 %
  18. Dragonskull Summit 69 %+4.7 %
  19. Smoldering Marsh 68 %+4.5 %
  20. Grim Affliction 67 %+66.8 %
  21. Rakdos Signet 63 %+6.7 %
  22. Contagion Engine 63 %+62.3 %
  23. Karn's Bastion 61 %+59.9 %
  24. Corrosive Mentor 61 %+60.5 %
  25. Skinrender 60 %+60.0 %
  26. Banewhip Punisher 59 %+58.4 %
  27. Persistent Constrictor 57 %+51.9 %
  28. Incremental Blight 57 %+56.9 %
  29. Stigma Lasher 56 %+55.6 %
  30. Yawgmoth, Thran Physician 56 %+53.8 %
  31. Talisman of Indulgence 54 %-1.6 %
  32. Spitting Dilophosaurus 54 %+53.2 %
  33. Dusk Urchins 52 %+52.1 %
  34. Maha, Its Feathers Night 52 %+50.4 %
  35. Village Pillagers 51 %+49.8 %
  36. Reliquary Tower 49 %+30.9 %
  37. Sudden Spoiling 49 %+46.7 %
  38. Blood Crypt 49 %+0.6 %
  39. All Will Be One 48 %+44.8 %
  40. Festering Mummy 47 %+46.9 %
  41. Mahadi, Emporium Master 47 %+33.7 %
  42. Rakdos Carnarium 45 %+15.3 %
  43. Tainted Peak 45 %+1.5 %
  44. Terminate 45 %+5.0 %
  45. Blasphemous Act 44 %-7.2 %
  46. Foreboding Ruins 44 %-1.7 %
  47. Puncture Blast 44 %+43.6 %
  48. Fume Spitter 44 %+43.6 %
  49. Bojuka Bog 43 %+7.6 %
  50. Haunted Ridge 43 %+6.4 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2017-07-14

    If a creature with a -1/-1 counter on it dies at the same time as The Scorpion God does, you'll draw a card. The same is true if The Scorpion God dies with a -1/-1 counter on it.

  • 2017-07-14

    You'll draw only one card when a creature with more than one -1/-1 counter on it dies.

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