Clawing Torment

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant artifact or creature
As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets -1/-1 and can't block.
Enchanted permanent has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life."

CMC
1
Mana cost
{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
Price
$0.23
EDHREC rank
#8210
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Clawing Torment card art
Clawing Torment sticks to a creature, drains the opponent for 1 each upkeep, and locks down their combat — all for two mana. In Eriette of the Charmed Apple, that passive drain stacks across every enchanted creature and feeds her ability directly, making this an auto-include.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Eriette of the Charmed Apple

Eriette of the Charmed Apple

53.7% of decks · synergy 0.50

Eriette of the Charmed Apple rewards you for piling Auras onto opponents' creatures, and Clawing Torment does exactly that — it keeps the enchanted creature tapped and draining, turning every opponent's blocker into a liability that pays you life each turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Clawing Torment is a two-mana piece of soft stax that scales with the number of opponents — three triggers per round adds up fast in a 40-life format. Outside Commander, the effect is too incremental for the speed of Modern or Pioneer, where two mana needs to close or answer something immediately. Pauper is the only other format where it's worth serious consideration, specifically in slower enchantment-based control shells that can exploit the tap-lock. In Legacy and Vintage the card is simply too low-impact to compete.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.23 bulk tier

At $0.23, Clawing Torment is bulk — pick up as many copies as you need without a second thought. Bulk enchantments with narrow but deep Commander homes rarely spike, so expect this price floor to hold.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.