The Scarab God

The Scarab God

Legendary Creature — God

Mana cost: {3}{U}{B}

How we read this card

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses X life and you scry X, where X is the number of Zombies you control.

triggered — makes each opponent lose X life

triggered — scries

Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie.

activated {2}{U}{B} — brings a card back

activated {2}{U}{B} — makes a token

When The Scarab God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

triggered — brings a card back

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: make a player lose life, scry, exile a creature, a creature leaves a graveyard, create a Zombie creature token, put a Zombie creature token onto the battlefield, a God leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: an upkeep, a Zombie you control, a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

a God attacks — 125 cards in the game can cause this (The Scarab God is one).

  1. Kratos, Stoic Father — When The Scarab God attacks, Kratos, Stoic Father puts a counter on a permanent

you scry — 420 cards in the game can cause this (The Scarab God is one).

When The Scarab God scries:

  1. Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review — gives +1/+0
  2. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History — gets +1/+1
  3. Saheeli, Consul of Oversight — makes a token
  4. Celeborn the Wise — makes your creatures bigger
  5. Proft, Consulting Detective — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Matoya, Archon Elder — draws you 1 card
  7. Denzilore Fatehold — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Elminster — costs less
  9. Elrond, Master of Healing — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Galadriel of Lothlórien — puts a land onto the battlefield

10 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Zombie enters the battlefield — 795 cards in the game can cause this (The Scarab God is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to The Scarab God:

  1. Noxious Ghoul — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  2. Geralf, the Fleshwright — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Wayward Servant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Champion of the Perished — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Mummy Paramount — gets +1/+1
  6. Unconventional Tactics — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Binding Mummy — taps a creature or artifact

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (The Scarab God is one).

When a creature is exiled thanks to The Scarab God:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

4 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (The Scarab God is one).

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — When The Scarab God leaves a graveyard, Grim Reaper's Scythe makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — When The Scarab God leaves a graveyard, Syr Konrad, the Grim deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — When The Scarab God leaves a graveyard, Cyan, Vengeful Samurai puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — When The Scarab God leaves a graveyard, Along the Crooked Way puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — When The Scarab God leaves a graveyard, Skeleton Crew makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — When The Scarab God leaves a graveyard, Desecrated Tomb makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — When The Scarab God leaves a graveyard, Chalk Outline makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — When The Scarab God leaves a graveyard, Insidious Roots makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — When The Scarab God leaves a graveyard, Undead Hand Ninja makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Erebos's Titan — When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to The Scarab God, Erebos's Titan triggers

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (The Scarab God is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature is exiled thanks to The Scarab God, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (The Scarab God is one).

When The Scarab God leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — The Scarab God makes fodder for Jalira, Master Polymorphist
  2. Polymorph — The Scarab God makes fodder for Polymorph
  3. Proteus Staff — The Scarab God makes fodder for Proteus Staff
  4. Synthetic Destiny — The Scarab God makes fodder for Synthetic Destiny
  5. Mass Polymorph — The Scarab God makes fodder for Mass Polymorph

2,715 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

put a creature into a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that The Scarab God can bring back
  2. Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper puts cards into the graveyard that The Scarab God can bring back
  3. Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that The Scarab God can bring back
  4. Lethal Vapors — Lethal Vapors puts cards into the graveyard that The Scarab God can bring back
  5. Grave Peril — Grave Peril puts cards into the graveyard that The Scarab God can bring back
  6. Spreading Plague — Spreading Plague puts cards into the graveyard that The Scarab God can bring back
  7. Termination Facilitator — Termination Facilitator puts cards into the graveyard that The Scarab God can bring back
  8. Saw — Saw puts cards into the graveyard that The Scarab God can bring back
  9. Cryoshatter — Cryoshatter puts cards into the graveyard that The Scarab God can bring back
  10. Adric, Mathematical Genius — When Adric, Mathematical Genius is in the graveyard, The Scarab God can bring it back

2,759 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (The Scarab God is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to The Scarab God:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (The Scarab God is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When The Scarab God makes a Zombie token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (The Scarab God is one).

When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to The Scarab God:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  8. Nesting Bot — raises your speed
  9. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
  10. Hour of Victory — raises your speed

46 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (The Scarab God is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to The Scarab God:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

9 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Cleaver Skaab — Cleaver Skaab copies The Scarab God; the legend rule puts one of them into the graveyard, triggering its death ability
  2. Dralnu, Lich Lord — When The Scarab God dies thanks to Dralnu, Lich Lord, it returns itself from the graveyard

5,055 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (The Scarab God is one).

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — When The Scarab God is cast, God-Eternal Oketra makes a token

90 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.