---
name: "Vexing Scuttler"
mana_cost: "{8}"
cmc: 8
type_line: "Creature — Eldrazi Crab"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Emerge"]
set: "EMN"
set_name: "Eldritch Moon"
collector_number: "11"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "James Paick"
oracle_id: "2a5605a8-606e-4866-9473-7a2240ac6b8c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/vexing-scuttler-emn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Vexing Scuttler
- **Mana Cost:** `{8}` (CMC: 8)
- **Type:** Creature — Eldrazi Crab
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/5
- **Keywords:** Emerge

## Oracle Text
Emerge {6}{U} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.)
When you cast this spell, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lashweed Lurker](/printing/lashweed-lurker-emn.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Horror
2. [Crabomination](/printing/crabomination-pmh3.md) — Creature — Crab Demon
3. [Drownyard Behemoth](/printing/drownyard-behemoth-emn.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Crab
4. [Elder Deep-Fiend](/printing/elder-deep-fiend-pemn.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Octopus
5. [Wretched Gryff](/printing/wretched-gryff-inr.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Hippogriff
6. [Distended Mindbender](/printing/distended-mindbender-sir.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Insect

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eldritch Moon (EMN) #11
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** James Paick
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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