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Judith, the Scourge Diva

Legendary Creature — Human Shaman

Other creatures you control get +1/+0.
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, Judith deals 1 damage to any target.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{B}{R}
Color identity
BR
Rarity
rare
Set
Multiverse Legends
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#6422
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Judith, the Scourge Diva card art
Judith, the Scourge Diva pumps every nontoken creature you control by +1/+0 and converts their deaths into pinged damage — two lines of value stapled to a three-mana body. The cost is that both abilities reward sacrifice or attrition strategies specifically, so she does little in a vacuum; pair her with recursive loops like Forsaken Miner or a reanimation engine helmed by Alesha, Who Smiles at Death and the damage adds up fast.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

26.4% of decks · synergy 0.25

Alesha, Who Smiles at Death reanimates creatures with two or less power at instant speed, and Judith, the Scourge Diva fits that profile exactly — she comes back repeatedly, pumping the board and pinging opponents every time a creature dies in the combat step.

02
Silvar, Devourer of the FreeTrynn, Champion of Freedom

Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom

25.9% of decks · synergy 0.25

Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom generates a steady stream of Human tokens and feeds them to Silvar for indestructible counters; Judith, the Scourge Diva turns every one of those sacrificed Humans into a free point of damage aimed anywhere on the board.

03
Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate

Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate

25.9% of decks · synergy 0.23

Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate runs the same recursive creature package as her predecessor, and Judith, the Scourge Diva slots in as both a pump anthem and a drain engine that rewards the constant dying and returning the deck already wants.

04
Juri, Master of the Revue

Juri, Master of the Revue

20.7% of decks · synergy 0.18

Juri, Master of the Revue grows larger every time a permanent hits the graveyard, and Judith, the Scourge Diva accelerates that clock while also pinging for damage on each creature death — two independent payoffs that point at the same sacrifice gameplan.

05
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden

Grenzo, Dungeon Warden

19.6% of decks · synergy 0.17

Grenzo, Dungeon Warden mills creatures from the bottom of the library and throws them directly into play, generating a parade of ETBs and deaths that Judith, the Scourge Diva converts into chip damage while her anthem keeps the smaller creatures relevant in combat.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Judith, the Scourge Diva earns her keep — 40-life totals mean the death-trigger pings actually accumulate into meaningful pressure over a long game, and the anthem stacks with every other lord or pump effect in a go-wide shell. In Modern and Pioneer she's legal but competes with faster threats and more reliable three-drops, so she sees minimal competitive play outside fringe aristocrats builds. Legacy and Vintage have the card pool to break the sacrifice loop wide open, but those formats' raw power level means she's an afterthought behind more broken engines. Oathbreaker is a natural fit if the signature spell is an instant-speed sacrifice outlet or reanimation piece.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Current pricing data for Judith, the Scourge Diva isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. Historically she's sat in the $1–3 range outside of spike periods, which makes her an easy pickup for any Rakdos aristocrats list that doesn't already own one.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.