Sluiceway Scorpion — ruling 1

Exiling the creature card with scavenge is part of the cost of activating the scavenge ability. Once the ability is activated and the cost is paid, it’s too late to stop the ability from being activated by trying to remove the creature card from the graveyard.

Sluiceway Scorpion : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Sluiceway Scorpion 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

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Scavenge (, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)

How it works : Sluiceway Scorpion

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1April 15, 2013· Wizards of the Coast
Exiling the creature card with scavenge is part of the cost of activating the scavenge ability. Once the ability is activated and the cost is paid, it’s too late to stop the ability from being activated by trying to remove the creature card from the graveyard.
No other card is named in this ruling.