Scaretiller is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Whenever this creature becomes tapped, choose one — • You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped. • Return target land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Complete guide
Scaretiller is a versatile artifact creature that turns your utility tapping into efficient mana ramp. By harvesting lands from your hand or graveyard whenever it becomes tapped, it ensures your board state continues to grow throughout the game.
What It Does
Scaretiller features a triggered ability that activates whenever it transitions from an untapped state to a tapped state. It offers two powerful modes: you can either put a land card directly from your hand onto the battlefield tapped, or return a land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. This makes it an excellent engine for recovering sacrificed lands or simply accelerating your mana curve.
How It Resolves Step by Step
First, Scaretiller must become tapped, usually through attacking or as a cost for another ability. Once it becomes tapped, its ability triggers and goes on the stack. You must choose which of the two modes you are using at this time; if you choose the second mode, you must also choose a legal target land card in your graveyard. When the ability resolves, the land enters the battlefield tapped. Note that this is not a 'land play,' so it does not count against your normal land limit for the turn.
Common Mistakes
A frequent misconception is that Scaretiller can tap itself for free at any time. It cannot; you must have an external method to tap it, such as declaring it as an attacker or using it to pay a crew cost. Additionally, remember that if Scaretiller becomes tapped while you are in the middle of casting another spell or activating an ability, that spell or ability will wait on the stack until Scaretiller's trigger has finished resolving.
When to Play It
Scaretiller excels in decks that utilize land-based synergies or have consistent ways to tap their own creatures. It is particularly effective in formats like Commander where recurring utility lands like fetch lands or 'cycling' lands can provide massive long-term value. Because it triggers every time it taps, finding ways to untap it repeatedly can lead to significant land advantage in a single turn cycle.
Interaction examples
Roaming ThroneIf you have Roaming Throne on the battlefield with 'Scarecrow' chosen as the creature type, Scaretiller's ability will trigger twice whenever it becomes tapped. You could use the first trigger to put a land from your hand onto the battlefield and the second trigger to return a land from your graveyard to the battlefield, or choose the same mode twice.
Solemn SimulacrumWhile both cards help you ramp, they work well together in an artifact-themed deck. If Solemn Simulacrum has died and put a land into your hand (or you drew a land from its death trigger), you can play Scaretiller and immediately attack or find a way to tap it to put that extra land onto the battlefield, ensuring you stay ahead on mana resources.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Scaretiller
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Scaretiller's ability is a triggered ability, not an activated ability. It doesn't allow you to tap it whenever you want; rather, you need some other way of tapping it, such as by attacking.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If Scaretiller becomes tapped while casting a spell or activating an ability, that spell or ability resolves after Scaretiller's triggered ability has resolved.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Neither mode of Scaretiller's ability counts as playing a land. It can put a land card onto the battlefield even if you've already played your land for the turn, and even if it's not your turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith + Scaretiller + Clock of Omens + Maestros Theater
- 1Activate Clock of Omens by tapping Scaretiller and another artifact, targeting Scaretiller.
- 2Scaretiller triggers, returning Maestros Theater from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3Maestros Theater enters the battlefield, triggering itself and Toggo.
- 4Resolve the Toggo trigger, creating a Rock equipment token.
- 5Resolve the Maestros Theater trigger, causing you to sacrifice it then search your library for a basic Island, Mountain, or Swamp and put it onto the battlefield.
- 6If you put a land onto the battlefield this way, Toggo triggers, creating a Rock equipment token.
- 7Resolve the Clock of Omens ability from step 1, untapping Scaretiller.
- 8Repeat.
Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith + Scaretiller + Clock of Omens + Cabaretti Courtyard
- 1Activate Clock of Omens by tapping Scaretiller and another artifact, targeting Scaretiller.
- 2Scaretiller triggers, returning Cabaretti Courtyard from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3Cabaretti Courtyard enters the battlefield, triggering itself and Toggo.
- 4Resolve the Toggo trigger, creating a Rock equipment token.
- 5Resolve the Cabaretti Courtyard trigger, causing you to sacrifice it then search your library for a basic Forest, Mountain, or Plains and put it onto the battlefield.
- 6If you put a land onto the battlefield this way, Toggo triggers, creating a Rock equipment token.
- 7Resolve the Clock of Omens ability from step 1, untapping Scaretiller.
- 8Repeat.
Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith + Scaretiller + Clock of Omens + Riveteers Overlook
- 1Activate Clock of Omens by tapping Scaretiller and another artifact, targeting Scaretiller.
- 2Scaretiller triggers, returning Riveteers Overlook from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3Riveteers Overlook enters the battlefield, triggering itself and Toggo.
- 4Resolve the Toggo trigger, creating a Rock equipment token.
- 5Resolve the Riveteers Overlook trigger, causing you to sacrifice it then search your library for a basic Forest, Mountain, or Swamp and put it onto the battlefield.
- 6If you put a land onto the battlefield this way, Toggo triggers, creating a Rock equipment token.
- 7Resolve the Clock of Omens ability from step 1, untapping Scaretiller.
- 8Repeat.
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Stone-Seeder Hierophant + Scaretiller + Terramorphic Expanse
- 1Play Terramorphic Expanse.
- 2Terramorphic Expanse enters the battlefield, triggering Stone-Seeder Hierophant, untapping it.
- 3Activate Stone-Seeder Hierophant by tapping it, untapping any land you control.
- 4Activate Terramorphic Expanse by tapping and sacrificing it, searching your library for a basic land and putting it onto the battlefield tapped.
- 5The basic land enters the battlefield, triggering Stone-Seeder Hierophant, untapping Stone-Seeder Hierophant.
- 6Activate Stone-Seeder Hierophant by tapping it, untapping Scaretiller.
- 7Activate Scaretiller by tapping it, adding
. - 8Scaretiller triggers, returning Terramorphic Expanse from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith + Scaretiller + Clock of Omens + Evolving Wilds
- 1Activate Clock of Omens by tapping Scaretiller and another artifact, targeting Scaretiller.
- 2Scaretiller triggers, returning Evolving Wilds from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3Evolving Wilds enters the battlefield, triggering Toggo and Amulet of Vigor.
- 4Resolve the Toggo trigger, creating a Rock equipment token.
- 5Resolve the Amulet of Vigor trigger, untapping Evolving Wilds.
- 6Resolve the Clock of Omens ability from step 1, untapping Scaretiller.
- 7Activate Evolving Wilds by tapping and sacrificing it, causing you to search your library for a basic land and put it onto the battlefield tapped.
- 8If you put a land onto the battlefield this way, Toggo triggers, creating a Rock equipment token.
Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith + Scaretiller + Clock of Omens + Terramorphic Expanse
- 1Activate Clock of Omens by tapping Scaretiller and another artifact, targeting Scaretiller.
- 2Scaretiller triggers, returning Terramorphic Expanse from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3Terramorphic Expanse enters the battlefield, triggering Toggo and Amulet of Vigor.
- 4Resolve the Toggo trigger, creating a Rock equipment token.
- 5Resolve the Amulet of Vigor trigger, untapping Terramorphic Expanse.
- 6Resolve the Clock of Omens ability from step 1, untapping Scaretiller.
- 7Activate Terramorphic Expanse by tapping and sacrificing it, causing you to search your library for a basic land and put it onto the battlefield tapped.
- 8If you put a land onto the battlefield this way, Toggo triggers, creating a Rock equipment token.
Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith + Scaretiller + Clock of Omens + Fabled Passage
- 1Activate Clock of Omens by tapping Scaretiller and another artifact, targeting Scaretiller.
- 2Scaretiller triggers, returning Fabled Passage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3Fabled Passage enters the battlefield, triggering Toggo and Amulet of Vigor.
- 4Resolve the Toggo trigger, creating a Rock equipment token.
- 5Resolve the Amulet of Vigor trigger, untapping Fabled Passage.
- 6Resolve the Clock of Omens ability from step 1, untapping Scaretiller.
- 7Activate Fabled Passage by tapping and sacrificing it, causing you to search your library for a basic land, put it onto the battlefield tapped, and untap the land if you control four or more lands.
- 8If you put a land onto the battlefield this way, Toggo triggers, creating a Rock equipment token.
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Stone-Seeder Hierophant + Scaretiller + Evolving Wilds
- 1Play Evolving Wilds.
- 2Evolving Wilds enters the battlefield, triggering Stone-Seeder Hierophant, untapping it.
- 3Activate Stone-Seeder Hierophant by tapping it, untapping any land you control.
- 4Activate Evolving Wilds by tapping and sacrificing it, searching your library for a basic land and putting it onto the battlefield tapped.
- 5The basic land enters the battlefield, triggering Stone-Seeder Hierophant, untapping Stone-Seeder Hierophant.
- 6Activate Stone-Seeder Hierophant by tapping it, untapping Scaretiller.
- 7Activate Scaretiller by tapping it, adding .
- 8Scaretiller triggers, returning Evolving Wilds from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
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