Rune-Scarred Demon
Creature — Demon
Flying
When this creature enters, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- $3.99
- EDHREC rank
- #1273
Rune-Scarred Demon enters and immediately tutors any card into your hand — that's a Demonic Tutor stapled to a 6/6 flying body, and the combined value is hard to argue with. The cost is seven mana, which is steep in faster metas but nearly irrelevant when Kaalia of the Vast is cheating it into play or Runo Stromkirk // Krothuss, Lord of the Deep is copying it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kaalia of the Vast
Kaalia of the Vast attacks, Rune-Scarred Demon drops in for free, and you immediately tutor the next threat to chain — it's the core loop that makes Kaalia one of the highest-inclusion homes for the Demon at 70% of lists.
Ardyn, the Usurper
Ardyn, the Usurper wants high-impact Demons that justify their mana cost, and Rune-Scarred Demon delivers a tutor on entry before becoming a relevant attacker — 60% inclusion reflects how cleanly it fits the typal gameplan.
Be'lakor, the Dark Master
Be'lakor, the Dark Master draws a card every time a Demon enters, so Rune-Scarred Demon pulling a combo piece while triggering Be'lakor means one cast does the work of two spells.
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Rakdos, Lord of Riots cuts the cost of Rune-Scarred Demon dramatically once opponents have taken damage, often making it a two- or three-mana tutor attached to a sizable flier.
Satoru Umezawa
Satoru Umezawa lets you ninjutsu Rune-Scarred Demon into play for three mana, bypassing the seven-mana cost entirely and firing the enters-the-battlefield tutor on demand.
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 |
Commander is where Rune-Scarred Demon actually lives — seven mana is tolerable in a 100-card singleton format where finding a missing combo piece or silver bullet is worth the investment, and cheat-into-play commanders make the cost argument moot. In competitive Commander, it loses ground to faster, cheaper tutors, but midrange and casual builds run it without apology. Everywhere else — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage — the card is technically legal but practically invisible; seven mana for a tutor doesn't compete in those formats' faster, more efficient ecosystems. Standard legality comes and goes with reprints, and even then, the rate doesn't fit Standard's speed.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Runo Stromkirk // Krothuss, Lord of the DeepRune-Scarred DemonBeacon of Tomorrows
Infinite turns; Lock
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Runo Stromkirk // Krothuss, Lord of the DeepRune-Scarred DemonNexus of Fate
Infinite turns; Lock
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Current price
$3.99 cheap tier
At $3.99, Rune-Scarred Demon is firmly budget-tier for the effect it provides — a tutor plus a 6/6 flier for under four dollars is strong value in any fair market. Widespread reprinting has kept the price low and stable, so there's no urgency to buy in bulk, but no reason to hesitate either.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.