Obsessive Skinner
Creature — Human Rogue
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Delirium — At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #13609
Obsessive Skinner turns every creature entering the battlefield under an opponent's control into a +1/+1 counter on one of yours — reliable, repeatable, and it scales with how aggressive your table is. The cost is that it only does one thing, so it earns its slot by pairing with a commander like Winter, Cynical Opportunist who weaponizes those counters into something that wins games.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Winter, Cynical Opportunist
Winter, Cynical Opportunist appears in nearly 30% of lists running Obsessive Skinner because Winter rewards you for manipulating opponents' creatures — and Obsessive Skinner converts every one of those creatures entering play into a counter, keeping Winter's trigger conditions and your board state growing in parallel.
Kros, Defense Contractor
Kros, Defense Contractor wants creatures loaded with counters to goad and leverage politically, and Obsessive Skinner passively stocks those counters across the game without requiring any additional mana investment after the initial two.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Obsessive Skinner is a Commander card through and through — its value is entirely proportional to the number of creatures hitting the table, and a four-player pod generates that volume constantly. In 1v1 formats like Modern or Legacy, the trigger fires far less often and a 1/1 for two that needs the board to cooperate is simply too slow against proactive strategies. Pioneer is the same story: the format's threats arrive fast and Obsessive Skinner doesn't affect the board on its own. Stick to Commander, where it quietly snowballs.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Obsessive Skinner at the moment — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current figure. Given its narrow Commander-specific role and the density of +1/+1 counter payoffs already in print, it tends to sit at bulk or near-bulk pricing, making it an easy pickup if it fits your list.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.