Hired Claw
Creature — Lizard Mercenary
Whenever you attack with one or more Lizards, this creature deals 1 damage to target opponent.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Activate only if an opponent lost life this turn and only once each turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Bloomburrow Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #10624
Hired Claw is a cheap, aggressive creature that slots cleanly into go-wide strategies that need bodies on the board early. In Gev, Scaled Scorch decks specifically, the low mana cost and keyword suite make it a reliable trigger enabler rather than a throwaway inclusion.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gev, Scaled Scorch
Gev, Scaled Scorch rewards attacking with multiple creatures, and Hired Claw's combination of low cost and relevant keywords means it contributes to the damage-spreading engine that Gev needs to fire consistently.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hired Claw is legal in every major constructed format but doesn't crack competitive lists in Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy — those formats demand more from a two-drop than a vanilla-adjacent creature can offer. Standard is the most plausible home outside Commander, where aggressive synergy-based decks can use cheap bodies with keywords to close games before interaction catches up. In Commander, Hired Claw is a role-player, not a headliner — it earns its slot in decks like Gev, Scaled Scorch that specifically reward cheap, attacking creatures, and has no real case in anything else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Hired Claw isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market rates. As a common-rarity role-player with a narrow Commander home, it almost certainly sits at bulk pricing — worth grabbing if you're building the deck, not worth speculating on.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.