Golgari Brownscale

Golgari Brownscale

{1}{G}{G}Creature — Lizard2/3

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When this card is put into your hand from your graveyard, you gain 2 life.

Dredge 2 (If you would draw a card, you may mill two cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

What it does

Tagged as Card draw · Recursion · Self-mill · Lifegain — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.

Official rulings

  1. The first ability triggers when Golgari Brownscale returns to your hand from your graveyard for any reason, not just when you use its dredge ability. (2005-10-01)
  2. You can't attempt to use a dredge ability if you don't have enough cards in your library. (2024-01-12)
  3. Dredge can replace any card draw, not only the one during your draw step. (2024-01-12)
  4. Once you've announced that you're applying a card's dredge ability to replace a draw, players can't take any actions until you've put that card into your hand and milled cards. (2024-01-12)
  5. One card draw can't be replaced by multiple dredge abilities. (2024-01-12)
  6. If you're drawing multiple cards, each draw is performed one at a time. For example, if you're instructed to draw two cards and you replace the first draw with a dredge ability, another card with a dredge ability (including one that was milled by the first dredge ability) may be used to replace the second draw. (2024-01-12)
  7. If an effect puts a card into your hand without specifically using the word "draw," you're not drawing a card. Dredge can't replace this event. (2024-01-12)

Printings & prices

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