Fallen Ferromancer
Creature — Phyrexian Human Shaman
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
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: This creature deals 1 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- New Phyrexia
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #20034
Fallen Ferromancer turns proliferate triggers into repeatable, targeted -1/-1 counter distribution — exactly the kind of incremental board control that grinds opponents out over a long game. The cost is a 1/1 body with no protection that dies to a stiff breeze, so it only earns its slot in decks that can exploit its ability immediately and repeatedly.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Scorpion God
The Scorpion God draws a card whenever a creature with a -1/-1 counter dies, and Fallen Ferromancer lets you place those counters at instant speed without needing a combat step — stack enough proliferate effects and the card advantage becomes overwhelming.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Fallen Ferromancer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but in practice it only shows up in Commander. Legacy and Modern have no meaningful -1/-1 counter synergy infrastructure at a competitive level, and the card is far too slow and fragile to see play in Vintage. In Commander, it earns a narrow but real role in dedicated -1/-1 counter builds — particularly those pairing it with high-frequency proliferate — where its ability scales with the table count and repeated activations become a soft lock on smaller creatures.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Fallen Ferromancer is deep bulk — buy it without hesitation if the deck calls for it. Niche tribal-synergy cards like this one rarely spike unless a new commander pushes the archetype into the spotlight, so the price is stable until that happens.
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Scorpion God
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.