<p>The answer is simple: No. You must choose the card's front face (the face which has the sun symbol in the top-left corner.) In the case of flip cards, you must choose the card's normal characteristics.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Article.aspx?x=magic/rules" rel="noreferrer">Rule reference:</a></p>
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<p>711.2a In every zone other than the battlefield, and also on the battlefield with its front face up, a double-faced card has only the characteristics of the front face.</p>
<p>709.2. In every zone other than the battlefield, and also on the battlefield before the permanent flips, a flip card has only the normal characteristics of the card. Once a permanent is flipped, its normal name, text box, type line, power, and toughness don't apply and the alternative versions of those characteristics apply instead.</p>
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<p><a href="http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=141221&amp;d=1365653080" rel="nofollow">Varolz, the Scar-Striped</a> says </p>

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  <p>Each creature card in you graveyard has scavenge. Their scavenge cost is equal to its mana cost.</p>
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<p>My question is simple: do I get to choose which side I can scavenge? </p>

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Varolz, the Scar-Striped rulings with double-faced/flip cards
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# Varolz, the Scar-Striped rulings with double-faced/flip cards

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-04-16)

[Varolz, the Scar-Striped](http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=141221&d=1365653080) says

> Each creature card in you graveyard has scavenge. Their scavenge cost is equal to its mana cost.

My question is simple: do I get to choose which side I can scavenge?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-04-16. Score: 11 | Accepted answer

The answer is simple: No. You must choose the card's front face (the face which has the sun symbol in the top-left corner.) In the case of flip cards, you must choose the card's normal characteristics.

[Rule reference:](http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Article.aspx?x=magic/rules)

> 711.2a In every zone other than the battlefield, and also on the battlefield with its front face up, a double-faced card has only the characteristics of the front face.
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> 709.2. In every zone other than the battlefield, and also on the battlefield before the permanent flips, a flip card has only the normal characteristics of the card. Once a permanent is flipped, its normal name, text box, type line, power, and toughness don't apply and the alternative versions of those characteristics apply instead.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: on the plus side, you can scavenge death's shadow and phyrexian dreadnaught to get 13 or 12 respective +1/+1 counters for only 1 mana!  

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