---
name: "Grave Scrabbler"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Madness"]
set: "TSR"
set_name: "Time Spiral Remastered"
collector_number: "118"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Dave Allsop"
oracle_id: "b1afaf1c-2311-4fdc-b78c-98bf1892d1de"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grave-scrabbler-tsr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Grave Scrabbler
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Madness

## Oracle Text
Madness {1}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
When this creature enters, if its madness cost was paid, you may return target creature card from a graveyard to its owner's hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gravedigger](/printing/gravedigger-9ed.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Call to the Netherworld](/printing/call-to-the-netherworld-c19.md) — Sorcery
3. [Revolutionist](/printing/revolutionist-j21.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Necrogoyf](/printing/necrogoyf-mh2.md) — Creature — Lhurgoyf
5. [Brain Gorgers](/printing/brain-gorgers-plc.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [From Under the Floorboards](/printing/from-under-the-floorboards-soi.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #118
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Dave Allsop
- **Total Printings:** 29 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`