Grafted Skullcap
Artifact
At the beginning of your draw step, draw an additional card.
At the beginning of your end step, discard your hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $1.27
- EDHREC rank
- #16217
Grafted Skullcap refills your hand to seven every turn — then pitches all of it at end of step, so you either use every card you draw or lose it forever. The cost is brutal in most decks, but commanders built around instant-speed spending or discard payoffs turn that drawback into a feature.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Iroh, Tea Master
Iroh, Tea Master rewards you for casting spells on opponents' turns, which means Grafted Skullcap's forced discard rarely fires — you spend the fresh seven before the end step arrives, turning the artifact's punishing clause into free card velocity.
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 |
Commander is where Grafted Skullcap has any real home, specifically in decks that operate at instant speed or want a discard outlet stapled to a draw engine. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but competes with Timetwister effects and Necropotence, both of which give you more control over how many cards you see without punishing you for blinking. Outside those eternal formats it's not legal anywhere, which makes its entire competitive footprint a niche Commander role.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.27 cheap tier
At $1.27, Grafted Skullcap sits in impulse-buy territory — cheap enough to grab without deliberation. It's a narrow card with a small target audience, so don't expect the price to move much in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Iroh, Tea Master
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.