Deity of Scars
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
EventideEVE · #118
- Card type
- Creature — Spirit Avatar
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 1.24 € · ★ 4.80 € · 1.29 $ · ★ 7.19 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 7
- Toughness
- 7
- Colour
- Black Green
Card text
Trample This creature enters with two -1/-1 counters on it. , Remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature: Regenerate this creature.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Steve Prescott
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2008-07-25
Flavour text
"His skin cuts swords." —*The Seer's Parables*
Rulings
Deity of Scars's ability causes it to have more toughness when you activate the ability (as a result of losing a -1/-1 counter) and then puts a regeneration shield on it when the ability resolves. If you activate the ability in advance of Deity of Scars being dealt 5 damage, for example, Deity of Scars will be 6/6 before the damage is dealt to it. It won't use the regeneration shield unless it's dealt more damage that turn.
Removing a -1/-1 counter from Deity of Scars is a cost of activating its activated ability. You can't activate the ability if there are no -1/-1 counters on Deity of Scars.
You can pay and remove a -1/-1 counter to activate the ability any time you want. Deity of Scars doesn't need to be in danger of being destroyed.