
Printings
Grave-Shell Scarab
Card Information
Type: Creature — Insect
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 5
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 211
Oracle Text
{1}, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card. Dredge 1 (If you would draw a card, you may mill a card instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- January 12, 2024
One card draw can't be replaced by multiple dredge abilities.
Source: wotc - January 12, 2024
You can't attempt to use a dredge ability if you don't have enough cards in your library.
Source: wotc - January 12, 2024
If you're drawing multiple cards, each draw is performed one at a time. For example, if you're instructed to draw two cards and you replace the first draw with a dredge ability, another card with a dredge ability (including one that was milled by the first dredge ability) may be used to replace the second draw.
Source: wotc - January 12, 2024
Dredge can replace any card draw, not only the one during your draw step.
Source: wotc - January 12, 2024
If an effect puts a card into your hand without specifically using the word "draw," you're not drawing a card. Dredge can't replace this event.
Source: wotc - January 12, 2024
Once you've announced that you're applying a card's dredge ability to replace a draw, players can't take any actions until you've put that card into your hand and milled cards.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2005
You may sacrifice Grave-Shell Scarab to pay for its first ability, then replace that draw using the Scarab's dredge ability. The result is that the top card of your library is put into your graveyard and Grave-Shell Scarab returns to your hand (after a brief trip to the graveyard).
Source: wotc
Price History

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