Gilded Scuttler
Artifact Creature — Crab
This creature can't be blocked.
When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #15125
Gilded Scuttler enters and immediately replaces itself — a 4/4 Crab for four mana that draws a card on arrival is a clean rate, and the second trigger generates a Treasure when it dies or leaves. Outside of Charix, the Raging Isle decks where it doubles as cost reduction and synergy fuel, it's a fine-but-forgettable value creature without a dedicated shell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
Charix, the Raging Isle's activated ability costs Island-count colorless mana, and Gilded Scuttler's Treasure death trigger offsets that tax while also being a Crab that pushes toward critical Crab-tribal mass — nearly 36% of Charix decks run it for exactly that reason.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Gilded Scuttler is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its real home is Commander — specifically the narrow slice of decks built around Charix, the Raging Isle. In Pauper, a four-mana 4/4 with a draw trigger and a death Treasure is above-rate for the format, though it competes with a deep field of efficient common threats and lacks tribal payoffs outside of Crab synergies. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it; those formats don't slow down for a four-mana creature without an immediate game-warping effect.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Gilded Scuttler is bulk, and that price reflects its narrow Commander appeal. It's unlikely to move unless Crab tribal becomes a wider deckbuilding trend, so pick it up for Charix without a second thought.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.