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Wingrattle Scarecrow

Artifact Creature — Scarecrow

This creature has flying as long as you control a blue creature.
This creature has persist as long as you control a black creature. (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

CMC
3
Mana cost
{3}
Color identity
C
Rarity
common
Set
Shadowmoor
Price
$0.58
EDHREC rank
#11056
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Wingrattle Scarecrow card art
Wingrattle Scarecrow gives every creature you control flying and wither as long as it's on the battlefield — that's a full-table evasion and stat-shrinking package stapled to a three-mana artifact creature. The cost is that it only matters inside dedicated scarecrow synergy builds or under Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, where its non-Human creature type makes it fodder for the undying loop.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

15.0% of decks · synergy 0.15

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed's undying trigger needs non-Human bodies, and Wingrattle Scarecrow fits that slot while passively granting wither to every attacker — meaning every creature in the loop is also shredding opponents' power and toughness on the way through.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Wingrattle Scarecrow is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but in practice it lives almost exclusively in Commander. In Pauper it's technically eligible but competes with more efficient common threats and sees no meaningful play. Legacy and Vintage have zero interest in a three-mana do-nothing-alone artifact creature. Commander is the one format where Reaper King tribal or Mikaeus, the Unhallowed combo shells actually want this effect, and even there it's a role-player rather than a staple.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.58 bulk tier

At $0.58, Wingrattle Scarecrow sits firmly in bulk territory — it's a spec-proof card whose demand is entirely tied to Reaper King and Mikaeus Commander builds, both of which represent a small ceiling. Pick it up for the combo; don't expect the price to move.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.