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Rattleblaze Scarecrow

Artifact Creature — Scarecrow

This creature has persist as long as you control a black creature. (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
This creature has haste as long as you control a red creature.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{6}
Color identity
C
Rarity
common
Set
Shadowmoor
Price
$0.34
EDHREC rank
#16102
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Rattleblaze Scarecrow card art
Rattleblaze Scarecrow puts a repeatable sacrifice outlet and a haste enabler on the same body — the two abilities that Scarecrow tribal needs most to function. Outside of Reaper King, the cost of five mana for a 3/3 with no standalone impact is hard to justify.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Rattleblaze Scarecrow sees essentially zero play outside Commander — Legacy, Vintage, and Pauper are all legal but have no competitive Scarecrow shell, and a vanilla 3/3 with conditional abilities at five mana doesn't meet the bar for non-rotating formats on raw power. In Commander, it's a role-player locked almost entirely to Reaper King decks, where the combination of haste-granting and sacrifice on one body earns its slot. Pauper is the one wildcard: a budget Scarecrow synergy deck is theoretically buildable, but Rattleblaze Scarecrow competes with cheaper, more impactful common artifacts for every slot in that shell.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.34 bulk tier

At $0.34, Rattleblaze Scarecrow sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to climb without a new Scarecrow-matters card driving demand. It's a safe pickup for Reaper King builds — the price reflects niche demand, not niche quality.

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