Slitherhead
Creature — Plant Zombie
Scavenge 
(, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #21030
Slitherhead is a zero-mana 1/1 that scavenges itself from the graveyard for free, putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature without spending a card or a mana. The on-board impact is small, but the cost is nothing — that math is good enough for any deck that cares about +1/+1 counters.
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, Slitherhead earns a slot in any Golgari or Jund counter-based build — commanders like Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons or Vorosh, the Hunter treat the free scavenge activation as a no-overhead trigger engine. Pauper is where Slitherhead is most competitively relevant, slotting into Golgari graveyard and +1/+1 counter shells that can chain free activations for real tempo. In Modern and Legacy, Slitherhead is too small to see serious play — the free scavenge is cute, but neither format needs a 1/1 for zero that doesn't immediately threaten the board. Pioneer has similar issues: the effect is real but the ceiling is too low for the format's speed.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Slitherhead is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. It holds that price floor because the effect is niche but consistently in demand for counter-synergy Commander builds, so don't expect it to move in either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.