Hired Claw
- Mana cost
- {R}
- Type
- Creature — Lizard Mercenary
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 2
- Set
- Bloomburrow Promos #140s (rare)
Whenever you attack with one or more Lizards, this creature deals 1 damage to target opponent.
{1}{R}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Activate only if an opponent lost life this turn and only once each turn.
Hired Claw has 4 printings, first in Bloomburrow (2024). EDHREC ranks it #11,833 among Commander cards. It appears most in Gev, Scaled Scorch decks (6,854 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Hired Claw most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Gev, Scaled Scorch: 6,854 decks
- Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar: 5 decks
- Hivis of the Scale: 2 decks
- Titania, Proud Pummeler: 2 decks
- Alex Wilder, Runaway: 1 decks
Often played with Hired Claw
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Hired Claw’s activated ability cares whether an opponent lost life this turn, not how their life total changed. For example, an opponent who gained 2 life and lost 1 life in the same turn still lost life.