Toxic Scorpion
Creature — Scorpion
Deathtouch
When this creature enters, another target creature you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #12466
Toxic Scorpion puts deathtouch and poison on a single body, which is exactly the redundancy Fynn, the Fangbearer needs to close games through combat. Three mana for a 1/2 is a real cost, but in a deck where every deathtouch creature is a win condition, that tax is acceptable.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Fynn, the Fangbearer
Fynn, the Fangbearer wins by dealing combat damage with deathtouch creatures, and Toxic Scorpion checks both boxes — deathtouch on the body, poison already built in — making it one of the more redundant pieces the deck can run.
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 |
Toxic Scorpion is a Commander card, full stop — the deathtouch-plus-poison package only matters when you're building around an engine like Fynn, the Fangbearer, and that archetype lives in EDH. In Pauper it's legal but irrelevant; aggressive formats like Modern and Pioneer have no interest in a 1/2 for three that doesn't advance a board state outside a narrow poison synergy. Legacy and Vintage won't touch it. Play Toxic Scorpion if you're in green and trying to stack deathtouch bodies; ignore it everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Toxic Scorpion is pure bulk — buy a dozen without thinking twice. Bulk common pricing is stable by definition, so there's no meaningful price risk either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.