Salt Road Skirmish
Sorcery
Destroy target creature. Create two 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #15723
Salt Road Skirmish puts a +1/+1 counter on each of your attacking creatures and draws you a card — all for two mana at instant speed. Zurgo, Thunder's Decree decks run it because that combination of combat reward and card advantage is exactly what aggressive go-wide strategies want stapled to a single cheap spell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zurgo, Thunder's Decree
Zurgo, Thunder's Decree rewards you for attacking with multiple creatures, so Salt Road Skirmish does double duty — pumping the board mid-combat and replacing itself so you don't run dry after committing your hand to the red zone.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Salt Road Skirmish slots cleanly into any Mardu or Boros tokens or aggro build that consistently attacks with three or more creatures — the card draw alone justifies the slot, and the counters are gravy. Competitive 60-card formats are less hospitable: Modern and Pioneer have more efficient combat tricks and draw spells, so it rarely makes the cut outside of niche tribal aggro lists. Standard is the most viable non-Commander home right now, particularly in creature-heavy white or red aggro shells that can reliably trigger the draw clause. Legacy and Vintage offer no real reason to reach for it over faster options, but it's legal if a brew ever calls for it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Salt Road Skirmish is firmly bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in or grab a playset of without thinking twice. Bulk rares and uncommons at this price point rarely climb unless they find a breakout Standard home, so treat it as a cheap functional piece, not a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.