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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Slitherhead

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Creature — Plant Zombie

Card Text:

Scavenge

(, 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:

"It makes better use of Uncle Dragi's head than he ever did."

—Pesha, retired blacksmith

Watermark:

Golgari

P/T:

1 / 1

Expansion:

Return to Ravnica

Rarity:

Uncommon

All Sets:

Card Number:

222

Artist:

Greg Staples

Language:

English

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.