Vulture, Scheming Scavenger
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer Villain
Flying
Whenever Vulture attacks, other Villains you control gain flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #15679
Vulture, Scheming Scavenger puts a flying body on the board that grows every time a creature dies and draws you a card when it enters — both effects are live the moment it resolves. Norman Osborn decks run it because the floor is a relevant threat and the ceiling is a draw engine that scales with your own sacrifice loops.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Norman Osborn
Norman Osborn turns Vulture, Scheming Scavenger into a self-fueling engine — every creature Norman puts into the graveyard pumps Vulture and feeds the card-draw trigger, meaning a single sacrifice outlet can chain into multiple cards across a turn cycle.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Vulture, Scheming Scavenger does its best work: 100-card games mean more creatures dying across four players, and the flying, ward, and draw trigger compound fast in a sacrifice or aristocrats shell. In constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer it's too slow to matter — a four-mana 2/2 with no immediate board impact gets outpaced before the counters accumulate. Standard is the one exception worth watching, where the creature density is lower and a recursive threat with built-in card advantage can punch above its cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Vulture, Scheming Scavenger is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar box, not a binder. Bulk rares with narrow homes rarely climb unless a new commander sends demand spiking, so treat it as a free include, not a pickup.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Norman Osborn
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.