Shell Skulkin
Artifact Creature — Scarecrow
: Target blue creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Eventide
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #17903
Shell Skulkin pays four mana to give a target Elemental creature shroud until end of turn — a narrow protection effect stapled to an underwhelming 2/2 body. Unless you're running a dedicated Elemental tribal shell that desperately needs this exact text, it doesn't make the cut.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Shell Skulkin is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, Elemental tribal decks like Omnath, Locus of Rage have access to better protection options that don't cost four mana at sorcery speed and leave a 2/2 behind. In Pauper, the format's efficiency bar is high enough that a four-mana do-almost-nothing creature finds no home. Shell Skulkin is technically everywhere it could want to be and relevant in none of those places.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Shell Skulkin sits firmly in bulk territory, which is about right for a card with no competitive application. Don't expect that price to move — bulk commons and uncommons with no demand stay bulk.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.