Skewer Slinger
Creature — Dwarf Knight
Reach
Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, this creature deals 1 damage to that creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #18834
Skewer Slinger enters, pings a creature or planeswalker for 2, then sits back as a 2/4 deathtouch body that threatens to trade up indefinitely. Three mana for a removal spell stapled to a roadblock is solid rate, and deathtouch makes every subsequent ping lethal.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Skewer Slinger earns a slot in aristocrats and sacrifice decks that want a creature doubling as removal — the enter-the-battlefield ping is a bonus, and the deathtouch body discourages attacks for the rest of the game. In Pauper, where commons compete hard for three-mana slots, it's a reasonable sideboard option against creature-heavy aggro but rarely maindeckable. In Standard, Pioneer, and Modern, three mana is a steep ask for a single point of removal that doesn't interact with the stack, and faster formats simply demand more efficiency. Skewer Slinger is a Commander card first; everywhere else it's an afterthought.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Skewer Slinger is deep bulk — you'll find it in commons boxes and draft chaff piles without looking hard. Bulk rares occasionally spike on demand, but a common with this narrow application won't move; buy or trade for it casually and don't give it a second thought.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.