MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #259

The Scarab God

DIGITAL ONLY

akr·#259·mythic·nonfoil

Illus. Lius Lasahido

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Aug '20

6 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,726 · Common include

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — God

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses X life and you scry X, where X is the number of Zombies you control. {2}{U}{B}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie. When The Scarab God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

5/5

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2020-08-07wotc

The number of Zombies you control is counted as The Scarab God's first ability resolves. Players can try to change that number in response to the ability (perhaps by activating its second ability).

2020-08-07wotc

In a Two-Headed Giant game, The Scarab God's first ability causes the opposing team to lose life equal to twice the number of Zombies you control, although you scry only equal to the number of Zombies you control.

2017-07-14wotc

If this creature dies but leaves your graveyard before the next end step, it will remain in its new zone.

2017-07-14

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from AKR — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #259 of *Amonkhet Remastered*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2020 Amonkhet Remastered release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — God, color identity black/blue, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {3}{U}{B} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Scry.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #1,726 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Lius Lasahido. Rarix catalogs 473 other cards credited to this artist.