Scared Stiff
Creature — Zombie Coward Guest
This creature has menace as long as you control a stickered permanent.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Unfinity
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #29577
Scared Stiff taps a creature and shrinks it by -2/-0 until end of turn — a tempo play so minor it rarely justifies a card slot. At one mana it's cheap, but spending a card to tap one blocker without killing it is a losing trade in nearly every Commander game.
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 |
Scared Stiff is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but only Pauper gives it any real consideration — budget aggro lists occasionally want cheap tap effects to push through final points of damage. In Commander, a 100-card singleton format where threats multiply fast, Scared Stiff answers exactly one problem for exactly one turn and leaves the battlefield with nothing to show for it. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient interaction at the same cost, so it doesn't see play there either.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Scared Stiff sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — the effect is too narrow to drive any meaningful demand. Pick it up if a specific Pauper aggro build calls for it; otherwise it has no financial upside.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.