---
name: "Scytheclaw"
mana_cost: "{5}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Artifact — Equipment"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Equip", "Living weapon"]
set: "MOC"
set_name: "March of the Machine Commander"
collector_number: "375"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "James Paick"
oracle_id: "a75ddd9c-2574-46e9-ac85-58082789ff3e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/scytheclaw-moc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Scytheclaw
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip, Living weapon

## Oracle Text
Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded up.
Equip {3}

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Drossclaw](/printing/drossclaw-mh3.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Sickleslicer](/printing/sickleslicer-2xm.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Flayer Husk](/printing/flayer-husk-2xm.md) — Artifact — Equipment
4. [Scythe of the Wretched](/printing/scythe-of-the-wretched-mrd.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Malefic Scythe](/printing/malefic-scythe-m21.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [Unscythe, Killer of Kings](/printing/unscythe-killer-of-kings-arb.md) — Legendary Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #375
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** James Paick
- **Total Printings:** 38 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`