Scarab Sovereign
The Scarab God from Commander Aetherdrift is a staple for graveyard driven blue black decks and plays like a slow inevitability engine. On the battlefield this 5 5 legendary creature converts a crowd of Zombies into reach and card advantage by taxing opponents at each upkeep while letting you scry. The card rewards patient setup; the number of Zombies you control directly scales the life loss and scrying, so token generators and reanimation effects accelerate the clock.
Its activated ability lets you exile creatures from any graveyard to create 4 4 black Zombie tokens that copy those creatures, turning opposing removal and sacrifice into resources. When The Scarab God dies it slips back to your hand at the next end step so the threat recurs. If you pilot a control shell or a reanimator list in Commander this version in Near Mint English is ready to anchor your midrange plan. Add it to a deck that leverages sacrifice, token production, and recursion and it will keep value flowing.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {3}{U}{B}
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Card Type – Legendary Creature
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Subtypes – God
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – 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.
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Power / Toughness – 5/5
