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Deadbridge Goliath

Card Name

Deadbridge Goliath

Mana Cost

2

Type

Creature – Insect

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Scavenge
4
 (
4
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)

Flavor Text

Some Golgari insects live for centuries—and they never stop growing.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Standard

Rulings

(4/15/2013)
Exiling the creature card with scavenge is part of the cost of activating the scavenge ability. Once the ability is activated and the cost is paid, it's too late to stop the ability from being activated by trying to remove the creature card from the graveyard.