Rust Scarab
Gatecrash 130 • uncommon
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Collector number
- 130
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Adam Paquette
- Market price
- $0.19
What it does
Whenever this creature becomes blocked, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment defending player controls.
"Behold nature's answer to the problem of society."— Nikya of the Old Ways
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Rust Scarab was released in 2013 as part of the Gatecrash expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set focused on the five guilds that were not featured in the preceding Return to Ravnica set, specifically highlighting the Gruul Clans, an anarchic group that favors raw power and the destruction of civilization to reclaim the natural world. Within this thematic framework, the card represents the decay and reclamation aesthetic central to the guild's philosophy.
The card was illustrated by Mike Bierek, who depicted the creature as a mechanical insect encrusted with the metallic decay and overgrown detritus of the cityscape. The design emphasizes the card's mechanical function, which allows a player to return a card from their graveyard to their hand, reflecting the Gruul theme of salvaging resources from the remnants of urban ruin. It was intended as a functional common-rarity creature for the Limited environment of the set, offering tactical recursion for players drafting green decks.
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