Bala Ged Scorpion
Creature — Scorpion
When this creature enters, you may destroy target creature with power 1 or less.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Nissa vs. Ob Nixilis
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #28874
Bala Ged Scorpion enters the battlefield and kills a creature with power 1 or less — removal stapled to a body, no mana investment beyond the cast. Five mana for a 3/3 with deathtouch is the catch: that rate is too slow for any competitive context.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pauper is the only format where Bala Ged Scorpion sees any real daylight — a 3/3 deathtouch body that kills a mana dork or token on entry clears a real bar at common. In Commander, five mana is too much to spend on a 3/3 that only answers the smallest creatures; the format's board states routinely run past power 1 before turn five arrives. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the card is legal but irrelevant. Bala Ged Scorpion is a Pauper role-player and a Commander bulk rare, nothing more.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Bala Ged Scorpion is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy. There's no pressure to acquire it and no reason to expect the price to move.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.