Pit Scorpion
Creature — Scorpion
Whenever this creature deals damage to a player, that player gets a poison counter. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Treasure Chest
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #27667
Pit Scorpion is a 1/1 for three mana that deals poison counters on combat damage — a mechanic so slow and marginal in Commander that it almost never closes a game. Infect creatures with twice the power and relevant keywords exist at the same price point; Pit Scorpion belongs in the past.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pit Scorpion is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it's only worth discussing seriously in Pauper and Commander. In Pauper, common infect creatures like Blight Mamba and Ichorclaw Myr outclass it on every axis — more power, better keywords, lower cost. In Commander, Pit Scorpion is too slow to matter; landing ten poison counters on a single opponent through a 1/1 with no evasion or additional abilities is a multi-game project, not a win condition. Legacy and Vintage have zero interest in it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't currently available for Pit Scorpion, but copies consistently show up in bulk bins and bargain boxes — this is a penny card in practice. There's no competitive demand driving the price, so if you want one for a theme deck, a quarter is the ceiling you should pay.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.