Scythe of the Wretched
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SetMRD
Collector #239
Released2003-10-02
Rarityrare
ArtistMatt Cavotta
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Scythe of the Wretched

RareMV 2
Artifact — Equipment
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
Keywords
Equip
Card capabilities
Artifact
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (3)
wotc1 Dec 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.
wotc1 Dec 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.
wotc1 Dec 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.