Jawbone Skulkin
Artifact Creature — Scarecrow
: Target red creature gains haste until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Eventide
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #15887
Jawbone Skulkin gives any artifact creature haste for one colorless mana, which is a real effect at a real rate — but its home is narrow enough that it sits in the bulk bin for good reason. Run it only if your deck needs redundant haste enablers on artifacts and has already exhausted the obvious slots.
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 |
Jawbone Skulkin is legal across most formats but only credibly played in Commander, where artifact synergy decks can use it as redundancy for haste enablers without paying colored mana. In Pauper, the competition at common for artifact support is stiff and cheaper options exist for most strategies. Legacy and Vintage have no realistic application — the effect is too low-impact for those environments. Commander is genuinely where Jawbone Skulkin earns its slot, and even there, only in decks that are already assembling a critical mass of artifact creatures and need a fifth or sixth haste enabler.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Jawbone Skulkin is firmly bulk and priced exactly where it should be given its narrow application. It won't climb without an unexpected combo or reprint driving demand, so there's no reason to buy more than you need.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.