---
name: "Grim Reaper's Scythe"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Artifact"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MSC"
set_name: "Marvel Super Heroes Commander"
collector_number: "658"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jason Smith"
oracle_id: "91b1db8c-4bce-43d1-94ab-14b1435686c7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grim-reapers-scythe-msc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Grim Reaper's Scythe
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Artifact

## Oracle Text
Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
{3}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice two creatures: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grim Reaper, Lethal Legionnaire](/printing/grim-reaper-lethal-legionnaire-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Villain
2. [Cemetery Reaper](/printing/cemetery-reaper-m12.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Ritual of the Returned](/printing/ritual-of-the-returned-jou.md) — Instant
4. [Gravedigger](/printing/gravedigger-9ed.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [The Reaper, King No More](/printing/the-reaper-king-no-more-ecc.md) — Legendary Artifact Creature — Scarecrow
6. [Grimoire of the Dead](/printing/grimoire-of-the-dead-c19.md) — Legendary Artifact — Book

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #658
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jason Smith
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

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