---
name: "Scavenging Scarab"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Insect"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "DST"
set_name: "Darksteel"
collector_number: "51"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jeff Easley"
oracle_id: "3ce2f3ad-23b3-40fe-bb31-25dbe9d1150d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/scavenging-scarab-dst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Scavenging Scarab
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
This creature can't block.

> *The beetles feed not on the flesh of corpses but on the metal, grinding out the iron and steel to add to their own bulky shells.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rust Scarab](/printing/rust-scarab-gtc.md) — Creature — Insect
2. [Spineless Thug](/printing/spineless-thug-10e.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Mercenary
3. [Duct Crawler](/printing/duct-crawler-sth.md) — Creature — Insect
4. [Black Scarab](/printing/black-scarab-ice.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Tormented Soul](/printing/tormented-soul-pc2.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Kraul Raider](/printing/kraul-raider-grn.md) — Creature — Insect Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Darksteel (DST) #51
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jeff Easley
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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