---
name: "Pit Scorpion"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Scorpion"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "4BB"
set_name: "Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border"
collector_number: "153"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Scott Kirschner"
oracle_id: "4804fc42-588c-487a-8ff7-bcc16749fc1f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pit-scorpion-4bb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Pit Scorpion
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Scorpion
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature deals damage to a player, that player gets a poison counter. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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2. [Marsh Viper](/printing/marsh-viper-drk.md) — Creature — Snake
3. [Crypt Cobra](/printing/crypt-cobra-mir.md) — Creature — Snake
4. [Swamp Mosquito](/printing/swamp-mosquito-all.md) — Creature — Insect
5. [Bilious Skulldweller](/printing/bilious-skulldweller-one.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Insect
6. [Poison Counter](/printing/poison-counter-tone.md) — Card

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border (4BB) #153
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Scott Kirschner
- **Total Printings:** 26 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`