Scrap 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
Destroy target artifact. Cycling(
Complete guide
Scrap is a versatile tool in the red mage's toolkit, offering targeted destruction for pesky artifacts. Beyond its utility as a removal spell, its cycling ability ensures it remains relevant even when the battlefield is clear of mechanical threats.
What It Does
Scrap is a red instant that allows you to destroy a single target artifact for three mana. If you find yourself in a situation where there are no artifacts to blow up, or you simply need to find a new card, you can pay two mana and discard Scrap from your hand to draw a card using the Cycling keyword.
How It Resolves Step by Step
When you cast Scrap as a spell, you must choose a valid target artifact. Upon resolution, the target is moved from the battlefield to its owner's graveyard. If you choose to Cycle Scrap, you pay the cost and discard the card as part of the activation. This is an activated ability, not a spell, meaning it cannot be countered by standard 'counterspell' effects that target spells.
Common Mistakes
A common error is trying to use a spell counter to stop the Cycling draw. Because Cycling is an activated ability, only effects that specifically target abilities can stop the draw once the cost is paid. Additionally, remember that Scrap only targets artifacts; it cannot target enchantments or creatures unless they are also artifacts.
When to Play It
Cast Scrap when your opponent controls a critical artifact that is hindering your game plan or providing them an advantage. If you are playing against a deck without artifacts, or if you are digging for a specific combo piece, use the Cycling ability at the end of your opponent's turn to maximize your resources.
Interaction examples
If you cast Scrap to destroy an opponent's artifact, Scrap goes to your graveyard after resolving. If you choose to Cycle Scrap instead, it also ends up in your graveyard. Either way, Scrap will now increase the damage dealt by Scrapyard Salvo, which counts the number of artifact cards in your graveyard.
When you cast Scrap to destroy a nontoken artifact you control (perhaps to trigger a death effect), Farid, Enterprising Salvager will see that artifact hit the graveyard and create a Scrap artifact token. Note that simply Cycling Scrap from your hand will not trigger Farid, as the card was not put into the graveyard from the battlefield.
Deflecting SwatIf you cast Scrap targeting an opponent's artifact, they might respond with Deflecting Swat to change the target to one of your own artifacts. Because Scrap only has one target, Deflecting Swat is a legal way to turn your own removal spell against you.
If you have Scrap in hand but need a different card, you can use Daretti, Scrap Savant's +2 ability to discard Scrap and another card to draw two new ones. Alternatively, you can use Scrap's own Cycling ability to draw a card, and then later use Daretti's -2 ability to sacrifice a token and return the discarded Scrap to the battlefield if it were an artifact—though in this case, Scrap is an instant and must stay in the graveyard.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Scrap
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
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Cycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with cycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Interactions with other cards
These cards' text mentions Scrap.
+2: Discard up to two cards, then draw that many cards. −2: Sacrifice an artifact. If you do, return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield. −10: You get an emblem with "Whenever an artifact is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, return that card to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step." Daretti, Scrap Savant can be your commander.
Whenever a nontoken artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a colorless artifact token named Scrap. {1}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose one — • Put a +1/+1 counter on Farid. It gains menace until end of turn. • Goad target creature. • Discard a card, then draw a card.
Scrapyard Salvo deals damage to target player or planeswalker equal to the number of artifact cards in your graveyard.
{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Discard a card: Conjure a card named Phyrexian Scrapyard into your hand. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice three lands named Phyrexian Scrapyard: Conjure a card named Soul of New Phyrexia onto the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
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