Servant of the Scale
Creature — Human Soldier
This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.
When this creature dies, put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #16160
Servant of the Scale enters as a 1/1 with a +1/+1 counter and redistributes that counter — plus any others it's accumulated — to a creature you control when it dies, turning every removal spell or sacrifice outlet into a free pump effect. The catch is that a 1/1 for one is irrelevant in a vacuum, so you're only running it because your deck makes counters matter at scale; think of it as a worse Evolution Witness for stats but a better one for counter-transfer consistency.
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, Servant of the Scale is a role-player, not a staple — it belongs in dedicated +1/+1 counter decks and nowhere else, but inside those decks it overperforms its mana cost by converting trades and sacrifice effects into free counters on your key threats. In Pauper, counter-based go-wide strategies occasionally find use for it as an early body that doesn't die completely, though the 1/1 stat line makes it marginal in an aggressive metagame. Modern and Pioneer have faster, more redundant counter payoffs, so Servant of the Scale sits below the power threshold for constructed unless a very specific synergy shell calls for it. Legacy and Vintage don't give it a second look.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Evolution WitnessServant of the ScalePhyrexian Altar
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
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Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Servant of the Scale is pure bulk — you're picking it up out of a common box or bundling it into any order without a second thought. Bulk commons with narrow applications don't appreciate, so buy it for the deck you're building today and don't expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.