Scion of Darkness — ruling 1

If this card destroys a creature in combat and at the same time (using its Trample ability) it damages a player, you will be able to target the destroyed creature (if it was a card and not a token) to be brought back.

Scion of Darkness : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Scion of Darkness 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

Trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may put target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

How it works : Scion of Darkness

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1October 4, 2004· Wizards of the Coast
If this card destroys a creature in combat and at the same time (using its Trample ability) it damages a player, you will be able to target the destroyed creature (if it was a card and not a token) to be brought back.
No other card is named in this ruling.

Interactions with other cards

These cards' text mentions Scion of Darkness.

Dark Supplicant

{T}, Sacrifice three Clerics: Search your graveyard, hand, and/or library for a card named Scion of Darkness and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle.