Scourge of Skola Vale
Creature — Hydra
Trample
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
, Sacrifice another creature: Put a number of +1/+1 counters on this creature equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Born of the Gods
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #14547
Scourge of Skola Vale turns any sacrifice into a permanent +1/+1 counter pump, and it keeps those counters even if the creature it ate is gone — that's a genuine threat that scales with every fodder token you throw at it. The cost is real: it needs creatures to eat, so it's dead weight without a sacrifice outlet or a token engine feeding it. Polukranos Reborn decks supply exactly that, which is why the Scourge shows up there more than anywhere else.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Polukranos Reborn
Polukranos Reborn generates a stream of creature tokens on the back half of the card, giving Scourge of Skola Vale a constant food supply to grow into a multi-turn finisher that gets out of hand fast.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Scourge of Skola Vale is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive Constructed formats have never given it a real look — green has better payoffs for sacrifice synergies at every price point in those formats. Commander is where the card actually lives: multiplayer games run long enough for the Scourge to accumulate a genuinely threatening counter total, and token-generation commanders supply the fodder it needs without dedicated setup. Outside of Commander, treat it as a bulk rare that doesn't have a home.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Scourge of Skola Vale is deep bulk — cheap enough to throw into any sacrifice-themed Commander deck without a second thought. Bulk rares at this price point rarely climb unless they find a competitive format home, and this one hasn't, so pick it up for the synergy and don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Polukranos Reborn
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.