Salvager of Ruin
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Core Set 2020M20 · #237
- Card type
- Artifact Creature — Construct
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.10 € · ★ 0.39 € · 0.29 $ · ★ 0.50 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
Sacrifice this creature: Choose target permanent card in your graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Return it to your hand.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- James Paick
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2019-07-12
Flavour text
"The next model should be able to achieve a rescue without self-destruction." —Sargis Haz, artificer
Rulings
A permanent card is an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker card.
Because targets are chosen for activated abilities before costs (such as “Sacrifice Salvager of Ruin”) are paid, Salvager of Ruin’s ability can’t target itself.
Permanent spells that were countered earlier in the turn never entered the battlefield, so they are not legal targets for Salvager of Ruin’s ability.
Salvager of Ruin’s ability can target a permanent card in your graveyard that was put there from the battlefield before Salvager of Ruin entered the battlefield during the same turn.