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Sewer Shambler

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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Sewer Shambler

Mana Cost:

Converted Mana Cost:

Types:

Creature — Zombie

Card Text:

Swampwalk <i>(This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)</i>

Scavenge

<i>(, 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.)</i>

Watermark:

Golgari

P/T:

2 / 1

Expansion:

Return to Ravnica

Rarity:

Common

Card Number:

Artist:

Nils Hamm

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.