| Scavenge | |
|---|---|
| Keyword Ability | |
| Type | Activated |
| Introduced | Return to Ravnica |
| Last Used | Modern Horizons 2 |
| Reminder Text | Scavenge [cost] (Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.) |
| Storm Scale | 4[1] |
| Statistics |
14 cards  28.6%  42.9%  28.6% |
| Scryfall Search | |
| oracle:"Scavenge" | |
Scavenge is a keyword ability that was introduced in Return to Ravnica as the mechanic for the Golgari guild.[2] Dragon's Maze added 2 cards with scavenge. It basically reads as a variation on flashback that makes target creature bigger.
Description[]
Scavenge is an activated ability that functions only while the card with scavenge is in a graveyard. “Scavenge [cost]” means “[Cost], Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to the power of the card you exiled on target creature. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.”
History[]
The first set after the Return to Ravnica block to feature Scavenge was Commander 2020 (Boneyard Mycodrax).
Rules[]
From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (July 23, 2021—Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)
- Scavenge
- A keyword ability that allows you to exile a creature card from your graveyard to put +1/+1 counters on a creature. See rule 702.97, “Scavenge.”
From the Comprehensive Rules (July 23, 2021—Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)
- 702.97. Scavenge
- 702.97a Scavenge is an activated ability that functions only while the card with scavenge is in a graveyard. “Scavenge [cost]” means “[Cost], Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to the power of the card you exiled on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.”
Rulings[]
- Exiling the creature card with scavenge is part of the cost of activating the scavenge ability. Once the ability is activated and the cost is paid, it's too late to stop the ability from being activated by trying to remove the creature card from the graveyard.
Examples[]
Example
Dreg Mangler 
Creature — Plant Zombie
3/3
Haste
Scavenge 
(, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)
References[]
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 2, 2016). "Storm Scale: Ravnica and Return to Ravnica". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Ken Nagle (September 03, 2012). "On the Origin of Scavenge and Overload". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
