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Scythe of the Wretched

{2}

Artifact — Equipment

MRDMirrodin#239rare
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 6160
Illustrator
Matt Cavotta
Found in
Mirrodin MTGO Redemption · Mirrodin MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings1CombosIn 26
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Equipped creature gets +2/+2. Whenever a creature dealt damage by equipped creature this turn dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control. Attach this Equipment to that creature. Equip {4}
Equip

Plays as: Is Equipment

Market · per finishspark updated 17h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-10.4%
$7.44
$3.99 low$0.29 gap
Foil+0.0%
$38.49
$21.00 low$8.50 gap
Cheapest playable copy$7.44· across 1 printing

Rulings

3 · latest Dec 1, 2004 · one tap opens all
  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    If the card isn't a creature when it comes back onto the battlefield, then Scythe of the Wretched won't move onto it.

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    Scythe of the Wretched needs to equip your creature when the other creature goes to the graveyard for the ability to trigger, but it doesn't matter whether the Scythe equipped your creature when the damage was actually dealt.

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    The Scythe's ability triggers even if something other than the damage dealt by the equipped creature causes the creature to be put into a graveyard that turn.

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