Scrapwork Rager
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
When this creature enters, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Unearth 
(: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #19918
Scrapwork Rager replaces itself when it enters and again when it hits the graveyard, making it a two-draw engine stapled to a 3/3 body for four mana. The rate is unspectacular in a vacuum, but any deck that wants bodies in the bin and cards in hand gets full value from a single card.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Scrapwork Rager is a reliable role-player in artifact, sacrifice, and graveyard decks — the kind of card that quietly draws two and fuels the bin without asking for anything special. Pauper is where it genuinely competes: card advantage on a recursive body is a real resource at common rarity, and artifact synergies run deep in that format. In Modern and Legacy the bar is too high — four mana for a 3/3 that draws two is outclassed by faster, more explosive options. Pioneer sits in a similar position: functional, but rarely the best available tool. If the format rewards incremental graveyard value, Scrapwork Rager earns its slot; if it doesn't, look elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Scrapwork Rager is deep bulk — you're paying pennies for a card that pulls genuine double-duty in the right shell. That price is stable by definition; there's no meaningful downside to picking up copies whenever you need them.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.