The Scarab God
The Scarab God: Legendary Creature - God, Aetherdrift Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}{B}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Creature - God
- Colour identity
- Blue and black (UB)
- Power / toughness
- 5/5
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Aetherdrift Commander (DRC)
- Released
- 2025-02-14
- Collector number
- 120
- Artist
- Lius Lasahido
- Keywords
- Scry
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About The Scarab God
The Scarab God is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue and black legendary creature from Aetherdrift Commander (DRC), a Commander product released in February 2025. It is collector number 120 in that set, with art by Lius Lasahido. It costs {3}{U}{B} (three generic, one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Amonkhet Invocations (2017) to Aetherdrift Commander (2025). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.67 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.67 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of The Scarab God by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of The Scarab God
The Scarab God has been printed in 9 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #HOU-145 | Mythic | 2026 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #353 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #590 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #900 | Mythic | 2022 |
| Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #259 | Mythic | 2020 |
| Double Masters (2XM) #216 | Mythic | 2020 |
| Hour of Devastation (HOU) #145 | Mythic | 2017 |
| Hour of Devastation Promos (PHOU) #145s | Mythic | 2017 |
| Amonkhet Invocations (MP2) #53 | Special | 2017 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to The Scarab God, newest first.
- 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).
- 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.
- If this creature dies but leaves your graveyard before the next end step, it will remain in its new zone.
- 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.
Similar cards
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