Scourge Servant
Creature — Phyrexian Zombie
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirrodin Besieged
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #23342
Scourge Servant puts a 3/3 with infect on the board for five mana — playable body, poison-relevant keyword, zero additional text. That cost-to-impact ratio is too steep for any format with better options, and there are always better options.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Scourge Servant is a common legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, infect decks want Scourge Servant only if they've exhausted every cheaper infect threat — Blighted Agent, Phyrexian Crusader, and Inkmoth Nexus all do more for less. Pauper is where the conversation gets mildest: five mana for a 3/3 infect is still slow, but the card pool is constrained enough that it occasionally sees a fringe slot in dedicated poison builds. In Legacy and Vintage, it's unplayable — those formats move too fast for a vanilla five-drop.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Scourge Servant is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a dollar box and never pay shipping for. Don't expect that floor to move; no competitive demand exists to push it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.