The Infamous Cruelclaw

Legendary Creature — Weasel Mercenary

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Whenever The Infamous Cruelclaw deals combat damage to a player, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. You may cast that card by discarding a card rather than paying its mana cost.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	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
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Pre-release	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Standard Brawl	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (5)

Pedrodamus on Moraug + World At War

11 months ago

Just came across the following interaction and I THINK I understand how it will resolve itself out, but just wanted confirmation:

I'm in my 2nd main and I just cheated Moraug, Fury of Akoum off the top with The Infamous Cruelclaw. I play a fetch which creates an extra combat phase. Now, I also have a Bolas's CitadelGC on board and I have a World At War on top and I play that. Do I still get my extra main phase after the extra combat phase created by World At War? I know every extra combat created goes ahead of a previous one in the order and the way I'm interpreting World At War is that the extra main phase is baked into its extra combat so that entire effect would resolve prior to Moraug's extra combat which would now happen after the main phase granted by World At War?

Thanks in advance, and feel free to tell me if i'm completely wrong lol.

Flarhoon13 on Admiral Beckett Brass' High Seas Robberies

1 year ago

Having completed my quest to play all 52 of my decks, I decided to try getting a win with all of my decks.

Aug 30

Admiral Beckett Brass' High Seas Robberies loss. Used Dockside Extortionist to get 8 treasures, Daring Discovery--which discovered Glaring Spotlight--let me steal a Blightsteel Colossus from Ba's The Infamous Cruelclaw after cloning it with Protean Raider. Benjamin's dragons hit me hard and Blaine's Gev, Scaled Scorch lizard deck just whittles everyone down. 0-2

Bookrook on Top ten most toxic commanders.

1 year ago

These are, in my opinion, the top ten most toxic commanders to play against. The ones where you get teamed up on more than the guy with the turn one sol ring.

Atraxa, Praetors' Voice. Infect infect infect infect. Also gets toxic points for being an infect commander.

Koma, Cosmos Serpent.

If they have any kind of token doubler or nonlegendary cloner, you might as well skip your untap step. Once my friend had an Essix, Fractal Bloom out with a Mirror Box.

Numot the Devestator Land destruction. Need I say more?

Tergrid, God of Fright  ^Flip.

Nobody cares about the lantern. Everybody cares about their creatures going up for adoption.

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

Goes infinite with a ham sandwich. Pray WOTC never makes a blue version of it.

The Beamtown Bullies I’m guilty of playing with this deck. Who new there were so many cards with very big downsides. *cough cough Leveler

Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

Do you want people to play with you?

Maha, Its Feathers Night

Kaervek, the Spiteful, Night of Souls' Betrayal, and the million other cards that give all creatures -1/-1 until end of turn exist.

All the Phyrexian praetors (but mostly Sheoldred, the Apocalypse)

Card draw is good in commander. Sheoldred deals damage to your opponents when they draw cards. Plus,Peer into the Abyss either instakills an opponent or gives you 30 life and 40 cards.

Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Just like sheoldred, but you get access to red for wheels and handsize burn spells, and blue for being blue.

*honarable mention to The Infamous Cruelclaw decks that play 99 lands and Worldfire.

Varon on Cruelclaw Calamity

1 year ago

Some big costs going on here, I assume your looking to use The Infamous Cruelclaw, discover and Geth, Thane of Contracts to get things out.

I'd recommend Insatiable Avarice to help you set up and just for fun I recommend Breach the Multiverse

darkmatter32x on Casting a spell

1 year ago

Question regarding The Infamous Cruelclaw interaction. I was able to deal combat damage with him, then when resolving his ability, I exiled Animate Dead, I discarded Creature A and cast it for free. Question now is, can I target Creature A for Animate Dead?