Card

The Scarab God

Mana cost {3}{U}{B}

Legendary Creature — God 5/5

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.

Part of 1 known combo, one of them two-card. 4 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Mythic · HOU · #145
Cheapest printing
€3.80
EDHREC salt
0.76
Color identity
Black, Blue
Keywords
Scry

Scryfall · EDHREC

Bracket

  • B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Mirror-Mad Phantasm
  • B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Mirror-Mad Phantasm
  • B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partner: Mirror-Mad Phantasm
  • B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
  • B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

  • Two-card combo with Mirror-Mad Phantasm (early with Mirror-Mad Phantasm)

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

1 known combo, one of them two-card.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2020-08-07 · Wizards of the Coast
    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).
  • 2020-08-07 · Wizards of the Coast
    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.
  • 2017-07-14 · Wizards of the Coast
    If this creature dies but leaves your graveyard before the next end step, it will remain in its new zone.
  • 2017-07-14 · Wizards of the Coast
    The “next end step” refers to the next end step that occurs, not the end step of the next turn. If this creature dies before a turn's end step (for example, during combat), it will be returned to its owner's hand at the beginning of that turn's end step.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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