Lurebound Scarecrow
Artifact Creature — Scarecrow
As this creature enters, choose a color.
When you control no permanents of the chosen color, sacrifice this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #20155
Lurebound Scarecrow puts a 4/4 body on the board for four mana with a built-in soft lock — opponents who don't control a creature of the chosen color can't attack you. The cost is that choosing wrong makes it a vanilla 4/4, and Jon Irenicus, Shattered One turns that liability into a weapon by gifting the Scarecrow to an opponent who almost certainly can't meet the condition.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Lurebound Scarecrow is a Commander card almost exclusively — the donation and soft-lock angle only matters when you have a specific commander enabling the gift. In Legacy and Vintage, a 4/4 for four with a fragile conditional upside doesn't compete; those formats demand more immediate impact for that mana investment. Modern is equally uninterested for the same reason. Commander is where Lurebound Scarecrow earns its slot, specifically in decks built around donating permanents to opponents, where the chosen-color clause becomes a precision tool against a targeted player's board.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Lurebound Scarecrow is deep bulk — easy to pick up in a trade binder or as a throw-in. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a high-profile donation commander drives a sudden spike in interest.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.