Scorchwalker
Creature — Elemental
Bloodrush — 
, Discard this card: Target attacking creature gets +5/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #22907
Scorchwalker hits the board as a 4/1 for four mana — reasonable stats that trade up against most blockers or force a chump. The real play is the activated ability, which lets you pump a creature for one red mana each activation, turning a board stall into a lethal attack without warning.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Scorchwalker is a Pauper-legal common, and that's the format where it's most at home — red aggro and pump-based strategies can actually leverage the repeatable pump to close games before the ability's slow activation becomes a liability. In Commander, Scorchwalker is fringe at best: a 4/1 without evasion dies to nearly any blocker, and a one-mana pump ability that doesn't grant trample or haste rarely generates the kind of explosive turn a 100-card deck needs. Across Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, faster and more impactful red creatures simply crowd it out of consideration.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Scorchwalker is deep bulk — the kind of card that shows up in common boxes and draft chaff piles. That price is stable precisely because demand is minimal; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.