Deathgorge Scavenger
Creature — Dinosaur
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, you may exile target card from a graveyard. If a creature card is exiled this way, you gain 2 life. If a noncreature card is exiled this way, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #11377
Deathgorge Scavenger is a 3/2 for two mana that eats graveyards, gains life, and grows — real board presence stapled to incidental graveyard hate. The cost is that the effect is optional and incremental, so it won't clean a yard the turn it matters most the way Rest in Peace does.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Deathgorge Scavenger is a role-player in Dinosaur tribal and graveyard-disruption packages — cheap enough to land early and relevant enough to keep exiling value as the game progresses. Competitive formats tell a tighter story: in Modern and Pioneer, dedicated graveyard hate slots almost always go to Scavenging Ooze, which hits immediately on entry, or Grafdigger's Cage, which locks the yard entirely — Deathgorge Scavenger's one-at-a-time exiling is too slow to race Dredge or Living End. Legacy is even less forgiving for a 3/2 at two mana with no immediate impact. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander closely enough that the same tribal or graveyard-disruption reasoning applies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Deathgorge Scavenger is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a four-of or a Commander singleton without thinking about the budget. Bulk dinosaurs with narrow tribal relevance rarely spike, so expect the price to stay in this range unless a dedicated Dinosaur payoff pushes the tribe into competitive play.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.