Shatterskull Charger
Creature — Giant Warrior
Kicker 
Trample, haste
If this creature was kicked, it enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.
At the beginning of your end step, if this creature doesn't have a +1/+1 counter on it, return it to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Zendikar Rising Promos
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #16990
Shatterskull Charger hits the board as a trampling threat that scales with your land count, threatening meaningful damage the turn it enters if you're ahead on mana. The cost is setup dependency — without lands to spare, it's just a vanilla beater, and Aegar, the Freezing Flame is the rare commander that turns its excess-damage clause into a card engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aegar, the Freezing Flame
Aegar, the Freezing Flame draws a card whenever a Giant or a spell deals excess damage to a creature or planeswalker, and Shatterskull Charger's trample means almost every combat where it outclasses a blocker triggers that draw — making it a consistent engine piece rather than a generic beatstick.
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 |
Shatterskull Charger is a fringe Commander card, almost exclusively in Aegar, the Freezing Flame builds where the excess-damage synergy is relevant enough to justify the slot. In Modern and Pioneer it has never found a home — the statline isn't competitive at three mana even with trample, and the land-count scaling requires a dedicated ramp shell that those formats don't support at this slot. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it. Commander is the correct and essentially only format for Shatterskull Charger, and even there it's a role-player in one specific deck rather than a broadly playable card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Shatterskull Charger sits firmly in bulk territory, which accurately reflects its narrow demand. Bulk rares with a single-deck home don't appreciate — pick it up for your Aegar build without a second thought, but don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Aegar, the Freezing Flame
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.