White Scarab
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't be blocked by white creatures.
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 as long as an opponent controls a white permanent.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #24092
White Scarab enchants a creature and makes it unblockable against white decks while pumping it +2/+2 — but that effect is entirely conditional on your opponent running white. It's a sideboard card in formats where you can anticipate the matchup, and a near-blank in Commander where you may never see a white deck across the table.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
White Scarab is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different conversations. In Legacy and Vintage, it exists as a sideboard answer to white-heavy strategies — slapping it on a creature against Death and Taxes or Esper builds lets you push through unblocked with a relevant body. In Commander, the card is nearly unplayable: a four-player pod may have zero white opponents, and even when it does, a conditional +2/+2 and evasion on one creature doesn't move the needle in a 40-life format. Oathbreaker shares Commander's problem — the card requires a specific opponent to do anything at all.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, White Scarab sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its narrow application accurately. Don't expect movement — demand for a conditional, sideboard-only aura from this era stays flat.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.