Drake-Skull Cameo
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- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #22336
Drake-Skull Cameo is a three-mana rock that taps for one of two colors and replaces itself with a card draw on entry — functional, but never exciting. It does the minimum asked of it, which is exactly where it belongs: in decks that need the color fixing and have nothing better at this slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Drake-Skull Cameo is a Commander card through and through — the only format where a three-mana artifact that draws one card and fixes two colors is worth registering. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal and completely irrelevant; those formats have zero patience for three-mana do-little artifacts. Commander is the one context where the enter-the-battlefield draw keeps Drake-Skull Cameo from being a liability, particularly in three-or-more-color decks that struggle to hit specific pips on curve.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Drake-Skull Cameo is deep bulk — you're not buying it for value, you're buying it because it's the cheapest way to patch a color hole in a pinch. It will stay at this price tier indefinitely; there's no demand engine that moves two-color Cameos upward.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.