Silent Skimmer
Creature — Eldrazi Drone
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, defending player loses 2 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #24650
Silent Skimmer drains each opponent for 2 on every attack — in a four-player game, that's 6 life lost before blockers are even declared. The payoff is real, but a 0/4 body for four mana that can't close a game on its own keeps it squarely in the role-player tier.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Silent Skimmer is a Commander card through and through — the multi-opponent drain scales directly with table size, and aristocrats or life-gain commanders can squeeze genuine value out of repeated attacks. In 1v1 formats like Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, or Pauper, a 0/4 for four that doesn't advance the board state is simply too slow to matter; any deck that wants a drain effect has cheaper, more threatening options. Oathbreaker shares Commander's multiplayer math, so the same aristocrats shell logic applies there.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Silent Skimmer is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a dollar bin without thinking twice. At that price it holds value effortlessly; there's no meaningful floor left to fall through.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.