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Serrated Biskelion

Artifact Creature — Construct

{T}: Put a -1/-1 counter on this creature and a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{3}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Weatherlight
Price
$0.27
EDHREC rank
#19188
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Serrated Biskelion card art
Serrated Biskelion distributes -1/-1 counters repeatedly for just a mana tap, and with Thornbite Staff attached it becomes a self-recurring removal engine that can clear a board one toughness at a time. The Scorpion God turns every counter placed into a free card, which is the real reason this otherwise modest 2/1 earns a slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
The Scorpion God

The Scorpion God

14.7% of decks · synergy 0.15

The Scorpion God draws a card every time a creature gets a -1/-1 counter, so Serrated Biskelion's repeatable tap ability becomes a mana-efficient card engine that also threatens to kill small utility creatures.

02
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

11.4% of decks · synergy 0.11

Every counter Serrated Biskelion places triggers Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons to create a deathtouch Snake token, turning a slow drip of -1/-1 counters into a board of blockers and attackers that snowballs fast.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Serrated Biskelion is a Commander card through and through — its value is entirely contingent on synergy with -1/-1 counter payoffs and untap loops, which only come together in the 100-card singleton format. It's legal in Legacy and Vintage but sees no play there; a 2/1 that pings itself isn't competing with those formats' threats and interaction. Commander is the only context where the tap ability generates real value, and even then it needs the right commander or combo infrastructure around it to justify the slot.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.27 bulk tier

At $0.27, Serrated Biskelion is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the card. That price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is not: it slots into a specific set of -1/-1 counter decks and nowhere else, so don't expect movement in either direction.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.