Scriv, the Obligator
Scriv, the Obligator: Legendary Creature - Inkling Bird, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Inkling Bird
- Colour identity
- White and black (WB)
- Power / toughness
- 2/3
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 9
- Artist
- Brian Valeza
- Commander rank
- 8,456 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Deathtouch, Flying
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Scriv, the Obligator
Scriv, the Obligator is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white and black legendary creature from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 9 in that set, with art by Brian Valeza. It costs {2}{W}{B} (two generic, one white and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 2/3 creature. Its colour identity is white and black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Secrets of Strixhaven Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.95 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Flying, deathtouch
Whenever Scriv enters or attacks, create a white Aura enchantment token named Contract attached to target creature an opponent controls. The token has enchant creature and "Whenever enchanted creature attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn if it's attacking one of your opponents. Otherwise, its controller loses 2 life."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.95 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Scriv, the Obligator by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Scriv, the Obligator, newest first.
- If the target creature is an illegal target as Scriv's last ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. The Contract token won't be created.
- In the rare case that the target creature is a legal target as Scriv's first ability resolves but the target creature can't legally be enchanted by the Contract token, the token won't be created at all.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a white and black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Scriv, the Obligator is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.