Master Skald
Creature — Dwarf Warrior
When this creature enters, you may exile a creature card from your graveyard. If you do, return target artifact or enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kaldheim
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #24555
Master Skald enters the battlefield and immediately wipes all -1/-1 counters from every creature you control — a full cleanup on a 3/3 body for five mana. It's a narrow effect that only earns its slot in decks that self-inflict counters as a resource, and in those decks it's a genuine house.
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 |
Master Skald is a Commander card through and through — the effect is too situational and the five-mana cost too steep for competitive formats where Legacy, Vintage, and Modern demand universal interaction. In Pauper it's legal but sees no meaningful play; common-legal -1/-1 synergy decks exist on a budget, but there are faster ways to manage counters at that rarity. Pioneer is the same story: legal, irrelevant. Commander is where Master Skald earns a slot, specifically in Hapatra, Yawgmoth, or wither-based strategies where cleaning up your own board in bulk is a recurring need rather than a novelty.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Master Skald is pure bulk — the price reflects a card with a narrow home and no cross-format demand. It won't appreciate, but if you're building the right deck you're essentially getting it for free out of a bulk bin.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.