Hoof Skulkin
Artifact Creature — Scarecrow
: Target green creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Eventide
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #20905
Hoof Skulkin gives green creatures in your artifact-creature deck +1/+1 until end of turn for two mana — repeatable, but only one creature at a time and only on your turn. At five mana for a 3/3 with no enters-the-battlefield effect, the rate is too slow for any competitive context.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hoof Skulkin is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth doesn't translate to playability. In Commander, artifact-creature tribal decks like Breya, Etherium Shaper or Ich-Yuki, the Everlasting Sky can technically use it, but the effect is too narrow and the mana cost too steep to justify a slot. In Pauper, where commons are the entire card pool, Hoof Skulkin still doesn't make the cut — green artifact synergy decks there have better options at lower mana investment. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage have no interest in a five-mana do-almost-nothing creature.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Hoof Skulkin is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a common box at the bottom of a card shop. The price won't move; there's no realistic spike scenario for a card this narrow.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.