The Scarab God

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. (Look at the top X cards of your library, then put any number of them on top or bottom of your library in any order.)

{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.

Tokens

• Copy Clone

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

Flarhoon13 on Kaervek the Merciless, Vampires & Doomsday Demons

5 months ago

Having completed my quest to play all 52 of my decks, I decided to try getting a win with all of my deck

Sep 20

Kaervek the Merciless, Vampires & Doomsday Demons loses, bringing my record with my losers to 5-11. Overrun by The Celestial Toymaker's games, Werewolves and The Scarab God's Zombies.

Flarhoon13 on Alesha, Who Smiles at Death. Oops, I Did it Again

5 months ago

May 3, 2024 I started a new quest. Having built 52 decks, I endeavoured to play them all, in roughly the same order as I created them.

Alesha, Who Smiles at Death Oops, I Did it Again lost again, bringing my record to 14-15. Used search to find removal for Logan's Chatterfang, Squirrel General instead of finding pieces of my own combo win. Plus, Will's The Scarab God shut me down very hard--exiled a lot of cards. Win percentage .483

philias on Card creation challenge

8 months ago

The One who Devoured Xlix {B}{G}{R}

Legendary Creature: Scorpion (Uncommon)

Menace

At the beginning of your post-combat mainphase, if ~ attacked, it does 1 damage to each other creature.

2/4

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Make a new card for The Scarab God or The Locust God

philias on Card creation challenge

8 months ago

The One who Devoured Xlix {B}{G}{R}

Legendary Creature: Scorpion (Uncommon)

Menace

At the beginning of your post-combat mainphase, if ~ attacked, it does 1 damage to each other creature.

2/4

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Make a new card for The Scarab God or The Locust God

philias on Card creation challenge

8 months ago

Nadu, Expedition Leader {2G}{R}{U}

Legendary Creature: Bird Warrior

Flying

Creatures you control have “Whenever this becomes the target of a spell or ability, it explores. If a card was put into your graveyard this way, this creature fights a creature. This ability only triggers once each turn.”

3/4

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Shouldn’t be as bad, since you’re not putting lands directly onto the battlefield. Your forces may also eventually turn on eachother if there aren’t enough opposing creatures to fight.

Create a new card for the The Scorpion God, The Scarab God, or The Locust God

luizfpa on Advertise your COMMANDER deck!

1 year ago

@capwner, nice deck! I also have a problematic deck to deal with in my pod, some The Scarab God EDH in a pod full of graveyard decks... Since your deck is well rounded, I don't think I have anything to add, but have you seen the new card Archdruid's Charm from the new set MKM? Maybe it is a nice modal tutor to include...?

Ruby_Rule on Gisa and Geralf's Graveyard Games

1 year ago

Thanks for your feedback! I appreciate the help on this deck as for The Scarab God I'd replace Havengul Lich since Scarab does his job better. For Secrets of the Dead I run River Kelpie since it does the same effect but for each player not just my own and can also combo with mikeaus, the unhallowed if you have a sac outlet. For the Liliana's Reaver I'd run Mindleech Ghoul as it's faster to get cards out of all my opponents hands.

NV_1980 on Gisa and Geralf's Graveyard Games

1 year ago

Nice. The Scarab God is amazing in zombie-themed decks. If you'd go for one, I would recommend cutting Corpse Connoisseur for it. Secrets of the Dead is exceptionally powerful considering your strategy (self-milling followed by casting). It's in your maybeboard right now but I'd definitely mainboard it. Liliana's Reaver is pretty spectacular value for its cmc; would consider that one too. Have fun with the brew! FYI, here's my own Gisa and Geralf deck.