Furnace Scamp
Creature — Phyrexian Beast
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice it. If you do, this creature deals 3 damage to that player.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- New Phyrexia
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #25950
Furnace Scamp is a 1/1 for one red that deals 3 damage to a player when it dies — solid reach stapled to a body that trades with anything. The catch is you have to sacrifice it at the start of your end step if it attacked, so the clock is built in and the damage is optional only if you never swing.
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 |
In Commander, Furnace Scamp earns its slot almost exclusively in aristocrats and goblin tribal decks — 3 damage to a player is meaningful reach when you're assembling a sacrifice loop, and the one-mana cost means it rarely clogs your curve. Pauper is where it has the most genuine competitive consideration, since commons-only burn and sacrifice shells can exploit the death trigger repeatedly with cheap recursion. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, the card simply doesn't clear the bar — one-drops in those formats need to threaten the board without a mandatory suicide clause, and three damage on death doesn't compensate for the tempo loss. Furnace Scamp is a build-around card, not a standalone threat.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Furnace Scamp is deep bulk — you'll find it in commons boxes or pick up a playset for under a dollar without blinking. It's not a card that appreciates; it holds value only as long as pauper aristocrats or goblin tribal keeps a pulse.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.