Serrated Scorpion
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Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Archenemy Legal
Arena Legal
Block Constructed Legal
Canadian Highlander Legal
Casual Legal
Commander / EDH Legal
Commander: Rule 0 Legal
Custom Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Gladiator Legal
Highlander Legal
Historic Legal
Historic Brawl Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Modern Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Pauper Legal
Pauper Duel Commander Legal
Pauper EDH Legal
Pioneer Legal
Planar Constructed Legal
Planechase Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Serrated Scorpion

Creature — Scorpion

When Serrated Scorpion dies (is put into the graveyard from the battlefield), it deals 2 damage to each opponent and you gain 2 life.

Balaam__ on Black burn

3 months ago

Have you considered adding any damage dealing 1 pip creatures like Serrated Scorpion or Death Cultist?

Kjartan on 101% Mono Black Burn

4 months ago

Balaam__ When things go well, you should absolutely be ahead on life, but not ahead on mana. You need to have a lot of lands in play for Bond of Agony to compare on power-level with your cheaper burn spells. You need 4 lands for it to just rival Sovereign's Bite, and that's with the life-gain reversed. You need 5 lands in play for it to do something your other cards can't.

That said, even with Syphon Life to discard excess lands, I do get that there are scenarios on rare occasions where you end up with 5-6 or 7 lands on the battlefield, and a healthy life-total to boot.

If you want specifically an X spell for this scenario, may I instead suggest Profane Command. It's even more budget friendly than Bond of Agony and it's a much safer path to victory. It causes 1 less point of life loss under normal circumstances, but with a Death Cultist in your graveyard, it can have the exact same effect but without paying any life cast it. On top of that, it's just extremely flexible. You can play it for three mana just to ping for one and get a Serrated Scorpion back, or use it to alpha-strike through a board of blockers.

amarthaler on Pauper Songs of the Darned

1 year ago

Added some new cycling creatures from LOTR as well as Drannith Stinger for extra damage and Serrated Scorpion for a draining blocker.

wallisface on Demonic Sacrifice

2 years ago

I’d suggest something along the lines of (as an example):

legendofa on best draw cards for modern …

2 years ago

As a thought for Vexing Devil, it could work with cards like Claim / Fame and Call of the Death-Dweller. Fill it out with something like Serrated Scorpion and Perilous Myr, maybe some sacrifice effects like Viscera Seer, and that might be a decent casual deck. (Dumping ideas off the top of my head, so I'm sure there are better card options.)

multimedia on Minions & Magic token deck

2 years ago

Hey, nice card changes, but you now have less lands than before and are below 30 lands? You shouldn't cut lands to add other cards since you need lands for your deck to function. If you need more room to fit other cards in then some advice is to streamline the mana curve by choosing the best cards at 4 CMC or higher and cutting the others. Chatterfang is a great upgrade especially because you have Plunderer. Cutting The Ozolith was the right choice; great that you see that.

Making a basic structure for your deck would help you're deck building:

  • 35-36 lands
  • 25 creatures
  • 10+ ramp
  • 10+ draw includes tutors
  • 10- removal includes board wipes, counterspells
  • 5+ flex spots includes combos, win conditions, unique cards with your Commanders, special tech against your playgroup, etc.

This is just a basic structure to start, not all areas are covered and some areas can have different amounts. The most important part of this structure is the amounts of lands, ramp and draw since these areas that make your deck function. Some cards can go in many areas which is really what you want from the cards you play. The combos you're trying to assemble take a lot of mana (made up of four and five drops) thus it would help gameplay having 35-36 lands and 10+ ramp sources.

Some cards that could be cut to add lands, improve the deck structure and streamline:

  • Victory's Envoy
  • Drizzt Do'Urden
  • Dramatic Finale
  • Tendrils of Agony
  • Archon of Sun's Grace
  • Leonin Warleader
  • Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
  • Icingdeath, Frost Tyrant

Some cards that could be cut to add more ramp and draw:

  • Serrated Scorpion
  • Vorpal Sword
  • Shaile, Dean of Radiance
  • Indulging Patrician
  • You Happen on a Glade
  • Banishing Light
  • Trelasarra, Moon Dancer

When you streamline you cut the lesser cards that are at the top of mana curve. Ghave, Guru of Spores and Sporemound are two best five drops here because they're part of combos. Shadrix Silverquill can be tons of repeatable value. Wandering Archaic  Flip, Mirari's Wake and Inkshield are powerful for five mana. Victory's Envoy is not needed because one of Shadrix modes is to put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Envoy and Drizzt Do'Urden aren't good enough to replace any of the other five drops. Ikra is also a five drop which have to keep in mind.

Pitiless Plunderer and Life and Limb are the two best four drops here because they're part of combos and Akroma's Will is powerful. Damn and Devastating Mastery are also four drops since consistently they'll be cast for four mana. Rhox Faithmender is fine, but you're not really going for life gaining strategy. All the other four drops could be cut since most of the three drops here are better. Prava create a token costs four mana which should keep in mind.

One drops are great in Commander, but even a one drop has to be worth one mana which Serrated Scorpion and Vorpal Sword aren't. Vorpal may be one mana, but it takes more mana with strict color requirements to actually use it and you have much better equipment here that you would rather spend mana to equip. Scorpion is not needed because you have Blood Artist. These two are examples of cuts to add more ramp or draw.

Saccox on 101% Mono Black Burn

3 years ago

Hey Balaam__,i hadn't noticed this deck ^^.Put some ideas:1) Cryptic Caves or Barren Moor in the mana base? 2) Sanctum of Stone Fangs or you want to do damage only with istant and sorcery? 3) Play Serrated Scorpion,it's very strong!!!

cyeRunner on Black Burn Torment Of Black Fire

3 years ago

I recommend running Serrated Scorpion over Vampire Cutthroat/Vampire of the Dire Moon

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