Dross Skullbomb
Artifact
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Draw a card. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #11950
Dross Skullbomb does two things for one mana: it cantrips by sacrificing itself and puts a -1/-1 counter on a creature, both of which are relevant in artifact-matters and sacrifice shells. Under Ashnod the Uncaring, that activation triggers twice without paying the cost twice, turning a disposable piece of cardboard into a repeatable value engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ashnod the Uncaring
Ashnod the Uncaring doubles every activated ability Dross Skullbomb fires, so a single sacrifice activation draws two cards and distributes two -1/-1 counters — a two-for-one from a one-mana artifact that was already planning to die.
Glissa, the Traitor
Glissa, the Traitor recovers Dross Skullbomb from the graveyard every time an opponent's creature dies, which in a combat-heavy game means the Skullbomb loops back to hand repeatedly for another round of cantripping and counter-placing.
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 |
Dross Skullbomb is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees meaningful play in almost none of them outside Commander. In competitive non-rotating formats the effect is simply too minor — one card and one -1/-1 counter for one mana is not a rate that cracks any constructed metagame. In Commander, Dross Skullbomb earns its slot specifically in artifact-recursion and -1/-1 counter shells; it's not a generic include, but in the right 99 it functions as free card flow stapled to a sacrifice trigger.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Dross Skullbomb is deep bulk — pick it out of a common box or grab a playset for the cost of a gumball. That price is stable; there's no demand pressure that would move it, and it's been printed enough times that supply is effectively infinite.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.