Scrapheap
Artifact
Whenever an artifact or enchantment is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you gain 1 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Price
- $5.85
- EDHREC rank
- #12359
Scrapheap enters the battlefield and immediately generates a pile of artifact tokens, giving artifact and sacrifice synergies a dense, repeatable resource base for essentially nothing. Ragost, Deft Gastronaut decks run it because that token flood feeds the commander's food-and-sacrifice engine turn after turn.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ragost, Deft Gastronaut
Ragost, Deft Gastronaut wants as many artifacts entering and leaving the battlefield as possible, and Scrapheap delivers a heap of them the moment it resolves — making it one of the most reliable engine pieces in the 99.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Scrapheap is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its home is clearly Commander, where the token density matters most over a long game. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is technically playable but competes against faster, more powerful artifact engines, so it rarely appears outside of casual builds. Commander is where the effect scales — multiple opponents mean more turns to leverage the artifact flood, and artifact-synergy commanders like Ragost, Deft Gastronaut make every token count.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If Scrapheap is out of budget, Servo Schematic and Thopter Spy Network both generate repeatable artifact tokens at a lower price point, though neither delivers the same immediate board presence in a single card. Servo Schematic is the closest analog for sacrifice loops — it makes two artifacts across two events — but it lacks Scrapheap's raw volume on entry.
Price Context
Current price
$5.85 mid tier
At $5.85, Scrapheap sits in the mid tier — meaningful enough to feel in a budget, reasonable enough to justify in a dedicated artifact or sacrifice shell. It's a niche role-player rather than a format staple, so price movement is unlikely to be dramatic either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.