Scrib Nibblers
Creature — Rat
: Exile the top card of target player's library. If it's a land card, you gain 1 life.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may untap this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Worldwake
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #14695
Scrib Nibblers mills an opponent every turn for free once it resolves, and against Xanathar, Guild Kingpin that free look becomes a recurring drain engine. The cost is that a 1/1 for three mana does nothing without the right commander propping it up.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Xanathar, Guild Kingpin
Xanathar, Guild Kingpin lets you play the top card of an opponent's library each turn, and Scrib Nibblers mills that same opponent whenever you exile a land off the top — meaning the two abilities stack into a loop of incremental library destruction and life loss that compounds with every pass of the turn.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Scrib Nibblers is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially zero play outside Commander. In Legacy and Vintage the card is simply too slow and too fragile — a 1/1 for three mana with no immediate impact gets ignored at best and answered immediately at worst. Commander is the only format where its triggered ability accumulates meaningful value, and even there it belongs only in decks that specifically care about milling opponents or triggering on land exiles repeatedly. Outside those narrow shells, it's a draft card that wandered into the wrong conversation.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Scrib Nibblers sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to move without a breakout commander pushing demand. Pick it up freely if the shell fits — there's no financial risk at this price.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.