Pointed Discussion

I owe this card for 86th place in a Grand Prix. In limited, he can rule through graveyard interaction. He works really well when nearby creatures have Devour, or when trading Goblin Deathraiders in combat with your opponent. His flying can give him a hit every turn, or he just sit and look pretty as a blocker after gaining some counters.

Playable, as are Algae Gharial and the rest of the cycle.

In Jund or Grixis you should have huge amounts of creatures hitting the graveyard. Scavenger Drake can get huge after only a few turns with Devour, sacrificing, whatever.

i like rockslide elemental over this or alge gharial because 3 is so much cheaper than 4

fab art, not such a great card

i just think it should cost one less

This guy + Proliferate = scary

Playable, although I prefer Rockslide Elemental. It may not be evasive, but first strike lets him turn chump blocks into profit. Also, the whole mini-cycle, Algae Gharial included, get stupid huge in an Eldrazi Spawn deck.

I put this guy in with some vampire aristocrats, Fallen angels and that 1/1 vamp girl who does the same job as the aristocrats (Cant think of her name of the top of my head), next insert an ample amount of raise dead type or return to the battlefield from graveyard type spells and voila .... very big scavenger drakes in short order with a recycle effect going on with the critters. Nothing I would try in tournament but fun as heck to frustrate folks with outside of tournaments lol.

Reassembling Skeleton, anyone?

Ah, Scavenger Drake... I've been hanging onto a set of these since they were released hoping for a good opportunity to use them in a set that would utilize some of their potential.

I love the mechanic and flavor of this guy, but seeing as Drakes have little to no support as a tribal archetype, his use is greatly hindered. You'd think in a block dominated by Dragons, Wizards would have made him a Dragon and then he would have fit PERFECTLY in any Jund Dragon/Devour deck.The mana cost is just a bit steep for a measley 1/1 flyer. would have been a much more playable price.

Wizards, I propose that you begin making better Drake cards to help out the tribe, and so many cards like Scavenger Drake here would finally become useful in constructed.

Poultrygeist, without the randomness.

This card can get out of hand real quick; believe me.

I love creatures where I can see the mechanical effect tacked onto them. In this case, it's a 1/1/ flyer with Sadistic Glee tacked on. Nice synergy with Jund's devour and sacrificing, though it is a bit slow for constructed. If it cost 1 mana less it would also not be bad for an Unearth deck. Too bad!