Gulping Scraptrap
Creature — Phyrexian Horror
When this creature enters or dies, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #10116
Gulping Scraptrap puts a 4/4 artifact creature on the board that eats an opponent's graveyard piece on entry, then keeps doing it whenever you cast a spell — that kind of recursive grave-hate stapled to a body is genuinely useful. The cost is four mana and the requirement of a willing commander like Minthara, Merciless Soul or a reanimation shell like Myojin of Cryptic Dreams to really maximize the repeating triggers.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Minthara, Merciless Soul
Minthara, Merciless Soul rewards you for casting spells on opponents' turns, and Gulping Scraptrap turns every instant you flash in into another graveyard exile trigger — the two cards create a loop of incremental disruption that compounds fast.
Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon decks lean on infect and need to keep key pieces out of enemy graveyards to prevent recursion blowouts, and Gulping Scraptrap answers that problem while clocking in as a respectable artifact body that survives most incidental removal.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Gulping Scraptrap earns its slot in spell-heavy black decks that want passive graveyard disruption without dedicating a card to it every turn. In Pauper, the combination of a sizable body and repeating exile at common rarity is unusual enough to draw attention in any midrange shell that can support four mana. Modern and Pioneer have faster, more targeted graveyard hate available, so Gulping Scraptrap is competing against cards with lower mana investments and more surgical effects — it won't make the cut in most builds. Legacy and Vintage move too quickly for a four-drop that requires a spell to fire, so it's essentially Commander and Pauper territory.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Myojin of Cryptic DreamsGulping Scraptrap
Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite proliferate; Infinite copies of permanent spells you control
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Myojin of Life's WebCloudstone CurioGulping Scraptrap
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite proliferate
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Venser, Corpse PuppetWhisper, Blood LiturgistGulping ScraptrapThornbite Staff
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite proliferate; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Venser, Corpse PuppetWhisper, Blood LiturgistGulping ScraptrapIntruder Alarm
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite proliferate; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Gulping Scraptrap is bulk, which is exactly right for a card with a narrow but real application in Commander. Bulk rares with specific synergy homes tend to stay cheap unless a breakout deck elevates them, so pick it up now if you want it — there's no financial risk either way.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.