Yurlok of Scorch Thrash
Legendary Creature — Lizard Shaman
Vigilance
A player losing unspent mana causes that player to lose that much life.
, 
: Each player adds 
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- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #8245
Yurlok of Scorch Thrash turns every mana float into a burn spell, making it the engine of a mana-burn strategy that punishes opponents for generating more mana than they spend. The catch is that Yurlok punishes you too, so the deck requires redundant payoffs like Leyline of Abundance to convert your own excess mana into something productive before it deals damage.
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 |
Commander is the only format where Yurlok of Scorch Thrash is worth building around — the multiplayer table means three opponents taking mana-burn damage simultaneously, which makes the symmetrical downside into a lopsided advantage when you engineer it correctly. In Legacy and Vintage, Yurlok is legal but irrelevant: those formats move too fast and too efficiently for a three-mana creature whose payoff requires a dedicated support structure. Oathbreaker is legal in the technical sense, but the 20-life starting total compresses the burn math too aggressively to be reliable.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Yurlok of Scorch ThrashLeyline of AbundanceUmbral Mantle
Infinite black mana for opponents; Infinite green mana for opponents; Infinite lifeloss; Infinitely large creature until end of turn; Infinite red mana for opponents
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Yurlok of Scorch ThrashStaff of DominationNyxbloom Ancient
Infinite black mana for all players; Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite green mana for all players; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifeloss; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite red mana for all players; Infinite untap of creatures you control
View on Commander Spellbook ↗
Yurlok of Scorch ThrashStaff of DominationMana Reflection
Infinite black mana for all players; Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite green mana for all players; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifeloss; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite red mana for all players; Infinite untap of creatures you control
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Yurlok of Scorch ThrashUmbral MantleNyxbloom Ancient
Draw the game; Infinite black mana for all players; Infinite green mana for all players; Infinite lifeloss; Infinitely large creature until end of turn; Infinite red mana for all players
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Yurlok of Scorch ThrashUmbral MantleMana Reflection
Draw the game; Infinite black mana for all players; Infinite green mana for all players; Infinite lifeloss; Infinitely large creature until end of turn; Infinite red mana for all players
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Yurlok of Scorch Thrash is deep bulk — the price of a throwaway common despite being a mythic-adjacent build-around commander. That price is stable because the demand ceiling is low: Yurlok leads a niche archetype with a small but dedicated playerbase, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.