Repository Skaab
Creature — Zombie
Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When this creature exploits a creature, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature
- Price
- $0.44
- EDHREC rank
- #13213
Repository Skaab enters and returns a sorcery or instant from your graveyard to hand — immediate card advantage stapled to a 2/3 body for five mana. That rate is slow in a vacuum, but Geralf, the Fleshwright turns every Skaab token into a recurring threat, and Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward blinks the Skaab repeatedly to chain spell recursion.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Geralf, the Fleshwright
Geralf, the Fleshwright is the natural home — Repository Skaab triggers his token-generation while recovering a key instant or sorcery, and the Zombie body he produces then fuels further sacrifice or synergy loops.
Gisa and Geralf
Gisa and Geralf let you cast Repository Skaab directly from the graveyard during your upkeep, making its recursion effect available turn after turn without spending any additional resources.
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 |
Commander is where Repository Skaab actually earns a slot, specifically inside Zombie tribal or spell-recursion builds that can blink or recur it. In Pauper it's legal but slow — five mana for one card back is below the format's efficiency bar, and dedicated graveyard strategies there have cheaper options. Modern and Pioneer have enough graveyard hate and faster threats that a five-mana 2/3 with a once-per-entry trigger won't see competitive play. Legacy and Vintage have no interest. Repository Skaab is a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's WardRepository SkaabMomentary Blink
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite blinking of nonland permanents; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite mana nonland permanents you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produce
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Abdel Adrian, Gorion's WardRepository SkaabCloudshift
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite blinking of nonland permanents; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite mana nonland permanents you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produce
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Abdel Adrian, Gorion's WardRepository SkaabPlanar Incision
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite blinking of nonland permanents; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite mana nonland permanents you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produce
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Abdel Adrian, Gorion's WardRepository SkaabFlicker of Fate
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite blinking of nonland permanents; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite mana nonland permanents you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produce
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Abdel Adrian, Gorion's WardRepository SkaabEssence Flux
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite blinking of nonland permanents; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite mana nonland permanents you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produce
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Current price
$0.44 bulk tier
At $0.44, Repository Skaab sits firmly in bulk territory, which is exactly right for a niche tribal piece with narrow competitive appeal. It's safe to pick up without concern about price movement, but don't expect it to appreciate — supply is plentiful and demand stays limited to Zombie and graveyard Commander builds.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.