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
{3}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
Battle for Zendikar
Price
$0.04
EDHREC rank
#24650
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Silent Skimmer card art
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

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

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.

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