Scampering Scorcher

Creature — Elemental

When this creature enters, create two 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens. Elementals you control gain haste until end of turn. (They can attack and {T} this turn.)

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Core Set 2020
Price
$0.24
EDHREC rank
#17322
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Scampering Scorcher card art
Scampering Scorcher enters and immediately floods the board with three 1/1 Elemental tokens, each with haste — that's four bodies and four power the turn it lands. The combo ceiling with Nim Deathmantle turns that ETB into an engine that generates infinite tokens and mana alongside a sacrifice outlet.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Scampering Scorcher is a Commander card through and through — the combination of token generation, haste, and Elemental typing lines up perfectly with the format's ETB-payoff and tribal ecosystems. In Modern and Pioneer it's legal but too slow and low-impact for competitive shells where four mana buys dramatically more efficient threats. Legacy and Vintage have the same problem at a steeper opportunity cost. Commander is where the card actually does its job: four bodies with haste at four mana is a reasonable rate, and the Nim Deathmantle loop elevates it from role-player to combo piece in the right build.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.24 bulk tier

At $0.24, Scampering Scorcher sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to acquire and easy to slot into any red token or Elemental deck without budget concern. The price is unlikely to move unless a breakout Commander build pushes demand, so picking up copies now costs almost nothing.

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