Scorpion, Seething Striker
Legendary Creature — Scorpion Human Villain
Deathtouch
At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died this turn, target creature you control connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #12420
Scorpion, Seething Striker hits the board as a poison-distributing threat that pressures life totals the moment it connects, and the cost is low enough that losing it to removal barely registers. Norman Osborn decks run it as a reliable infect body that keeps the poison clock ticking even without a dedicated combo line.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Norman Osborn
Norman Osborn's gameplan is built around spreading poison counters across the table, and Scorpion, Seething Striker slots in as a consistent early attacker that advances that clock before Norman's other pieces come online.
Eddie Brock
Eddie Brock leans into symbiote aggression and Scorpion, Seething Striker gives that deck an infect body that pulls double duty as both a damage threat and a poison enabler for any synergies that care about counters on opponents.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Scorpion, Seething Striker earns its slot specifically in poison-focused builds — it is not a generalist creature, and outside of decks helmed by Norman Osborn or similar infect-adjacent commanders, it has no home. Constructed formats like Standard, Pioneer, and Modern have access to far more efficient infect threats, so Scorpion, Seething Striker is unlikely to see serious play outside of casual or themed lists. Legacy and Vintage have no reason to reach for it when the infect package there is already optimized. Commander is the format where it actually matters.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Scorpion, Seething Striker is deep bulk — you pick it up as an afterthought in a batch order. That price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is not: it sees play almost exclusively in Norman Osborn decks, and nothing about its mechanics suggests a breakout in other formats.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Norman Osborn
- Eddie Brock
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.