Skalla Wolf
Creature — Wolf Spirit
When this creature enters, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a green card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Core Set 2019
- Price
- $0.45
- EDHREC rank
- #20880
Skalla Wolf enters, digs five cards deep, and staples a green permanent to the top of your library — that's a free tutor effect on a 3/3 body for five mana. The cost is real: five mana is a lot for a creature with no evasion and no immediate board impact beyond the trigger, so Skalla Wolf earns its slot only in decks that can reliably exploit the top-of-library placement.
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 |
Commander is where Skalla Wolf lives — the singleton format rewards any effect that finds a specific green permanent, and five mana is well within reach by the time the trigger matters most. In Modern and Legacy, it's unplayable; the format speeds leave no room for a five-mana 3/3 that doesn't close the game immediately. Pioneer sits in the same boat — the effect isn't close to competitive rate. Skalla Wolf is a Commander card through and through, and even there it competes against cheaper top-of-library setups, so it wants a dedicated shell rather than a generic green deck.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.45 bulk tier
At $0.45, Skalla Wolf is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not any scarcity. The price reflects its narrow playability: enough Commander demand to keep it off the floor, but not enough to push it anywhere meaningful.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.