Saprazzan Skerry
Land
This land enters tapped with two depletion counters on it.
, Remove a depletion counter from this land: Add 
. If there are no depletion counters on this land, sacrifice it.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $2.56
- EDHREC rank
- #6547
Saprazzan Skerry enters tapped and depletes after two uses — but in any deck that doubles proliferate triggers, that drawback collapses fast. Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus restores the missing charge counters before the land ever runs dry, turning a temporary cost into a non-issue.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus doubles every proliferate trigger, which means Saprazzan Skerry's charge counters refill as fast as they drain — the land's built-in expiration date effectively disappears. It shows up in over a third of Tekuthal decks for exactly that reason.
Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres
Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres cares about proliferate firing repeatedly, and Saprazzan Skerry is cheap enough to slot in without cutting real interaction. The +1/+1 counter payoffs Ezuri enables reward running every proliferate engine available, counters included.
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
The Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator pirate package runs blue heavily and wants its mana online early for combat tricks and evasion. Saprazzan Skerry provides two blue pips at no mana cost, which is a reasonable early trade-off in a deck that aims to connect fast.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Saprazzan Skerry is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker — but Commander is where it actually sees play. In Pauper it's technically legal but competes with better common dual lands and sees no meaningful inclusion. Legacy and Vintage have access to fast mana so far above Saprazzan Skerry's ceiling that it never makes the cut. Commander is its home: the 100-card singleton environment rewards cheap on-theme lands, and proliferate commanders in particular extract enough extra value to justify the two-use limit.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.56 cheap tier
At $2.56, Saprazzan Skerry sits in the cheap tier — low enough that it's an easy include in any proliferate build without budget deliberation. It's a niche role-player with a narrow home, so don't expect the price to move dramatically in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
- Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres
- Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.