Bonepicker Skirge
Creature — Phyrexian Imp
Flying
Corrupted — As long as an opponent has three or more poison counters, this creature has deathtouch and lifelink.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #16742
Bonepicker Skirge lands as a 3/2 flyer with lifelink for two mana — that stat line punches well above its cost in any black deck that expects creatures to die. The catch is a discard-a-card casting requirement, which makes it a liability in the wrong shell and a tempo play in the right one.
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, Bonepicker Skirge fits cleanly into aristocrats and reanimator builds where the discard cost feeds the graveyard rather than costing you a resource. The lifelink clause is relevant in a format where life totals erode fast in four-player games, and a two-mana flyer that replaces itself in the graveyard loop is a real piece. In Pauper, black aggressive and sacrifice decks can use it as a cheap threat that trades up in the air, though the forced discard is a harder ask in a format where card economy is tight. Legacy and Vintage are too fast for a two-mana 3/2 to matter, and Pioneer offers better options at the same slot, so Bonepicker Skirge's real home is the grindier formats where dying creatures are a feature, not a bug.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Bonepicker Skirge is deep bulk — you're picking it up as a throw-in, not a purchase. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point rarely move unless a new commander pushes the archetype into the spotlight, so grab the copies you need now and don't expect the price to do anything.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.