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Scrap Trawler, art by Daarken
Art by Daarken · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
Selected printing · USD
$1.22
checked Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfall
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Scrap Trawler

{3} · Artifact Creature — Construct

Whenever this creature dies or another artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return to your hand target artifact card in your graveyard with lesser mana value.

Rulings (4)

Feb 9, 2017 · The target artifact card must have a lesser mana value than the artifact that caused Scrap Trawler's ability to trigger by being put into a graveyard. Use the artifact's mana value as it last existed on the battlefield to determine what may be returned.

Feb 9, 2017 · If an artifact is a copy of another artifact with greater mana value, such as Sculpting Steel copying an artifact with mana value 4, Scrap Trawler's ability can target that artifact card in your graveyard when that artifact is put into your graveyard.

Feb 9, 2017 · While on the battlefield or in a graveyard, {X} in an object's mana cost is 0.

Feb 9, 2017 · If Scrap Trawler and another artifact you control are put into a graveyard at the same time, Scrap Trawler's ability triggers for each of them.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernLegal
PioneerLegal
StandardNot legal
PauperNot legal
PremodernNot legal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype · cEDH

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=2 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
Arcum DagssoncEDH50%2
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

Price

Scrap Trawler — price trend

Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=2 snapshots
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfallcasthaven.com

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