Is Tavern Scoundrel good in Commander?

Tavern Scoundrel in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Tavern Scoundrel turns every coin flip into two coin flips — and in a deck built around flipping coins, that multiplier is the whole game. Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom and Frenetic Efreet together make the Scoundrel mandatory; without it, you're leaving half your triggers on the table.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom

95.1% of decks · synergy 0.88

Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom is the premier coin-flip commander pair, and Tavern Scoundrel appears in over 95% of those decks because doubling every flip doubles every Okaun power trigger and every Zndrsplt draw — the Scoundrel isn't a support piece here, it's a core engine component.

02

Yusri, Fortune's Flame

93.6% of decks · synergy 0.87

Yusri, Fortune's Flame flips up to five coins per attack, and Tavern Scoundrel turns each of those into two — meaning a single attack can generate ten flips, stacking free spells and damage at a rate the deck can't easily replicate any other way.

03

Krark, the Thumbless // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces

89.7% of decks · synergy 0.83

Krark, the Thumbless // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces copies spells on wins and bounces them on losses, so every extra flip Tavern Scoundrel generates is another roll at copying a spell or dodging a counter — the value compounds exponentially with multiple Krark copies on board.

04

Ral, Monsoon Mage

62.7% of decks · synergy 0.56

Ral, Monsoon Mage flips coins whenever instants and sorceries are cast, and Tavern Scoundrel doubles those flips to accelerate the storm count and push Ral's flip-triggered damage faster than opponents can respond.

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

Tavern Scoundrel is a Commander card — full stop. Outside of dedicated coin-flip builds in that format, it does essentially nothing competitively. In Legacy, Vintage, and Modern it's technically legal but has no meaningful role; those formats don't have the critical mass of coin-flip payoffs to justify a two-mana 2/2 with a conditional trigger. Pauper is the one other format where Tavern Scoundrel is legal at common, but coin-flip synergies don't form a viable archetype there either. Commander is where the Scoundrel earns every slot in its 90-plus percent inclusion rate across the relevant decks.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

6,072 decks

Frenetic EfreetTavern Scoundrel

Infinite colored mana; Infinite Treasure tokens

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Price Context

Current price

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Current price data for Tavern Scoundrel isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. Given its near-universal inclusion in coin-flip Commander decks, expect it to trade at a modest premium over bulk — it's a narrow card with a very specific home, but that home wants exactly four copies of the effect.