Scavenging Ghoul
Creature — Zombie
At the beginning of each end step, put a corpse counter on this creature for each creature that died this turn.
Remove a corpse counter from this creature: Regenerate this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Summer Magic / Edgar
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #29677
Scavenging Ghoul grows by eating every creature that dies — yours, your opponents', anything — and the counters it accumulates can become real board presence over a long game. The catch is that it costs four mana for a 1/1 that doesn't immediately impact anything, which is a steep ask in a format where four mana buys much more.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Scavenging Ghoul occupies a narrow niche: graveyard-matters decks that want cheap, repeatable ways to convert a crowded battlefield into a growing threat. The four-player format means creatures die constantly, so the Ghoul can balloon quickly — but it competes with far more efficient graveyard payoffs, and most black decks can find better uses for the slot. In Legacy and Vintage, it sees essentially no play; the power bar in those formats is simply too high for a slow, non-interactive creature with no immediate effect. Commander is the only home where it's even worth considering, and even there it belongs in the budget or casual tier rather than any optimized build.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data for Scavenging Ghoul isn't currently available, but as a low-demand casual card it typically sits well under a dollar in most printings. It's not a pickup target for value — you're buying it because you want it in a specific deck, not because it's scarce.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.