Magic: The Gathering

Grave-Shell Scarab

GRN Guild Kit 63 • rare

Set: GRN Guild Kit
Collector number: 63
Rarity: Rare
Mana cost: 2 generic mana black mana green mana green mana
Type: Creature
Colors: Black · Green
Artist: Pete Venters
Market price: $0.28

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Lore

Why it matters

The Grave-Shell Scarab, featured here in its Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kit printing, highlights the Golgari Swarm’s cycle of decay and rebirth through its unique dredge mechanic. Collectors prize this card for the evocative artwork by Pete Venters, which captures the distinct aesthetic of Ravnica's subterranean necromancers.

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Card face

What it does

1 generic mana, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.

Dredge 1 (If you would draw a card, you may mill a card instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperNot legal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

The Grave-Shell Scarab was originally released in the 2005 Ravnica: City of Guilds set, later finding its way into the 2018 Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) Guild Kit. The card serves as a representative of the Golgari Swarm, one of the iconic factions of the Ravnica plane, which focuses on themes of graveyard recursion and the cycle of life and death. The creature represents the guild's aesthetic of decaying biological matter merged with insectoid armor, embodying the Golgari's role as the rot-farmers of the city.

The artwork for the card was created by Pete Venters, a prolific fantasy illustrator who was a cornerstone of early Magic: The Gathering card aesthetics. Venters leaned into the grotesque and organic sensibilities of the Golgari, utilizing a muted, earthen color palette to emphasize the creature's status as a scavenged, reanimated husk. Upon its release, the card was viewed as a solid utility piece for limited formats and tribal strategies, praised for its self-recurring ability that allowed players to maintain board presence during longer matches.

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Other printings

Every version of this card

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Grave-Shell ScarabRavnica: City of Guilds · #211 · rare$0.47

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