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Scrabbling Claws

Artifact

{T}: Target player exiles a card from their graveyard.
{1}, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile target card from a graveyard. Draw a card.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{1}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Mirrodin
Price
$0.35
EDHREC rank
#8177
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Scrabbling Claws card art
Scrabbling Claws puts a reusable exile effect on the board for one mana — opponents can't rebuild from the graveyard while it sits in play. Commanders like Ketramose, the New Dawn that care about card types in exile or graveyard hate as a synergy engine want this specifically; Narset, Enlightened Master decks that need cheap artifacts to fuel extra combat loops treat it as free setup.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Ketramose, the New Dawn

Ketramose, the New Dawn

51.5% of decks · synergy 0.50

Ketramose, the New Dawn exiles cards from graveyards as part of its core engine, and Scrabbling Claws is a one-mana artifact that generates exactly that trigger on demand while doubling as instant-speed graveyard disruption against opponents.

02
Gisa, the Hellraiser

Gisa, the Hellraiser

28.7% of decks · synergy 0.28

Gisa, the Hellraiser rewards packing cheap artifacts, and Scrabbling Claws earns its slot by also exiling opposing graveyards — keeping reanimation strategies off the table while feeding Gisa's artifact-count payoffs.

03
Marchesa, Dealer of Death

Marchesa, Dealer of Death

14.0% of decks · synergy 0.14

Marchesa, Dealer of Death wants cheap artifacts that generate value without requiring much mana investment, and Scrabbling Claws delivers persistent graveyard denial that taxes opponents' recursion plans every turn for free after the initial cast.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Scrabbling Claws is a niche but legitimate include — one mana buys a permanent graveyard exile outlet that survives board wipes and pressures reanimation, Food Chain, and flashback strategies all game. In Legacy and Vintage, dedicated graveyard hate slots go to Tormod's Crypt for the zero-mana cost or Leyline of the Void for the blanket effect, so Scrabbling Claws rarely makes the cut in those formats despite being legal. Modern and Pioneer have similar dynamics — Rest in Peace and Grafdigger's Cage are cleaner answers, and the incremental one-at-a-time exile rate doesn't keep pace with combo graveyard decks. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's logic, where the low cost and reusability are more relevant in a singleton multiplayer context.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.35 bulk tier

At $0.35, Scrabbling Claws is firmly bulk — easy to pick up without a second thought. Bulk artifacts with utility rarely spike unless a combo surfaces, and nothing about its current usage pattern suggests that's imminent.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.