Sickle Ripper
Creature — Elemental Warrior
Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #21445
Sickle Ripper puts a -1/-1 counter on a creature when it deals combat damage to a player — relevant text in decks that care about counters, irrelevant text everywhere else. Outside of The Scorpion God builds, it's a 2/1 for two with no business attached.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Scorpion God
The Scorpion God draws a card whenever a creature with a -1/-1 counter on it dies, and Sickle Ripper feeds that engine every time it connects — chip in, shrink a blocker, cash in the draw trigger when that creature eventually dies.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sickle Ripper is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive ceiling is essentially Pauper — the format where commons get to be real cards. Even there, a 2/1 for two that requires combat damage to proc its ability competes against faster, unconditional threats. In Commander, Sickle Ripper is a role-player in exactly one archetype: -1/-1 counter synergy, and specifically The Scorpion God builds where every counter placed is a death clock ticking toward a draw trigger.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Sickle Ripper is bulk — the kind of card you pull from a draft chaff pile rather than buy. Bulk commons this narrow don't move in price, so there's no reason to think about this one in any terms other than 'do I need it for my Scorpion God deck right now.'
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Scorpion God
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.