Malamet War Scribe
Creature — Cat Warrior
When this creature enters, creatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #20363
Malamet War Scribe puts a +1/+1 counter on each attacking creature you control whenever one of them attacks alone, turning solo swings into a permanent board buff that compounds across combat steps. The cost is a three-mana 2/4 body that does nothing if you're not already incentivized to send attackers one at a time.
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 |
Malamet War Scribe is a Commander card — the multiplayer table is the only place the math works out, since triggering it repeatedly across long games turns an incremental effect into real board pressure. In 1v1 formats like Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy, a three-mana creature that rewards attacking alone is too slow and too conditional to compete with the threats those formats demand. Standard is technically legal and the body is fine for limited, but constructed Standard has no shell that wants to lone-swing repeatedly for value. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's game-length and political dynamics that it's a reasonable include in the right build there.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Malamet War Scribe is deep bulk — you're picking it up for pennies out of a dollar box or as a throw-in. Bulk rares with narrow synergy profiles don't tend to move unless a commander powerfully enables them, so don't expect this one to climb.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.