Young Deathclaws
Mana Cost:
Type: Creature — Lizard Mutant
Oracle Text:
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Each creature card in your graveyard has scavenge. The scavenge cost is equal to its mana cost. (Exile a creature card from your graveyard and pay its mana cost: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to that card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)
Power/Toughness: 4/2
Rarity: uncommon
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Fallout
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Character Background
Young Deathclaws is a strong Golgari value card that also pressures life totals early, since a 4/2 with menace demands awkward blocks and can sneak in damage while you build toward the late game. Its real strength, though, is turning every creature in your graveyard into a reusable pump spell via scavenge, which makes it especially good in midrange and self-mill shells. The best game plan here is value: trade creatures early, then recycle their power into your best attacker or evasive threat once the board stalls. Cards that fill the graveyard naturally, like self-mill enablers or sacrifice outlets, make this much better, and high-power creatures become premium fodder because their scavenge counters scale with power. In practice, Young Deathclaws rewards a curve that starts aggressively, then transitions into a resilient board where even dead creatures keep contributing.
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