Sacrifice an artifact or creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
Mana cost
2
B
Mana value
3
Printings
From
$0.04
EDHREC rank
#18969
Buy
Formats
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Rulings
10 Nov 2020
You can sacrifice Defiant Salvager to activate its own ability. It won't receive a counter, but abilities that trigger on the sacrifice or watch for a creature dying will see it.
10 Nov 2020
If you sacrifice an artifact creature to activate Defiant Salvager's ability, you put one +1/+1 counter on Defiant Salvager, not two.