Basilica Skullbomb
Artifact
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature you control gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn. Draw a card. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #14425
Basilica Skullbomb is a one-mana artifact that replaces itself with a card draw and puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature when it dies — the payoff is real, but only if your deck actively wants artifacts entering or leaving the battlefield. Outside of those synergy shells, it's a slow cantrip stapled to a fragile permanent.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Basilica Skullbomb earns its slot exclusively in artifact-synergy decks — think sacrifice engines, Affinity payoffs, or counters-matter builds — where the death trigger and the enter-the-battlefield event both do work. In Pauper it's a legitimate role-player in artifact aggro and Affinity shells, where one mana for a cantripping artifact that buffs a creature is genuinely efficient. Modern and Pioneer have enough redundancy in the artifact space that Basilica Skullbomb sits at the margins, useful only in the most dedicated Affinity or Hardened Scales strategies. Legacy and Vintage simply have faster, more impactful options at the same mana slot.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Basilica Skullbomb is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that does exactly what it promises in the right deck. Price stability is essentially guaranteed; there's no demand spike coming for a common cantrip artifact, so grab copies whenever you need them without a second thought.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.