Rot Farm Skeleton
Creature — Plant Skeleton
This creature can't block.
, Mill four cards: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dragon's Maze
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #19528
Rot Farm Skeleton returns from the graveyard repeatedly, but the cost — four mana and sacrificing a land each time — is brutal enough to make it fringe in almost every context. A 4/1 that keeps coming back sounds appealing until you realize you're dismantling your own mana base to do it.
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 |
Rot Farm Skeleton sees essentially no competitive play across any format — Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer all have far more efficient recursive threats, and the land-sacrifice cost compounds every time you loop it. In Commander, the only realistic home is a dedicated sacrifice or landfall shell where losing lands is a feature rather than a bug, pairing with commanders like The Gitrog Monster or Ob Nixilis, the Greedy who reward land deaths. Even there, Rot Farm Skeleton competes with cheaper, less resource-intensive options for the same slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Rot Farm Skeleton is deep bulk — the price reflects actual demand, which is low. Don't expect movement; this sits in bulk boxes for a reason.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.