Scuttling Butler
Artifact Creature — Construct
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control two or more multicolored permanents, this creature gains double strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #25344
Scuttling Butler enters as a 0/4 defender that taps for one black mana, then sacrifices itself to grant another creature flying until end of turn — a narrow toolbox effect stapled to a body that blocks once and leaves. The cost is real: a two-mana creature that can't attack, produces no lasting advantage, and converts its one trick into a sorcery-speed flying grant you could get from cheaper, reusable sources.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Scuttling Butler is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it doesn't have a compelling case in any of them. In Commander, where card slots are precious, a two-mana defender that replaces itself with a one-turn flying enabler competes against permanent evasion grants, sacrifice fodder with real upside, and mana rocks that don't die. In faster formats like Modern and Legacy, a 0/4 that can't attack is simply too slow and too narrow to matter. Oathbreaker follows Commander's logic — same problem, smaller deck.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Scuttling Butler is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without thinking twice. The price is accurate to the power level; don't expect it to move.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.