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

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.