Skinwing
Artifact — Equipment
Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has flying.
Equip 
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirrodin Besieged
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #16259
Skinwing is a six-mana living weapon that puts a 0/0 Germ token into play and attaches to it, giving the equipped creature flying and lifelink — which means a 3/3 flier with lifelink the turn it enters. The problem is that six mana for a 3/3 with upside is nowhere near competitive, and living weapon's self-equip gimmick only papers over the fact that you're getting a mediocre body at a steep price.
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 |
In Commander, Skinwing occupies a very narrow lane: equipment-tribal decks under Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale or Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh that specifically want to inflate their equipment count and can recoup the mana cost through cost-reduction effects. Outside of that shell, six mana is too much for what amounts to a modest stat boost. In Pauper it's legal but essentially invisible — the format's aggressive clock punishes six-mana do-nothings harshly. Legacy and Vintage have access to better equipment at a fraction of the investment, so Skinwing never sees play there. The living weapon mechanic does give it one structural edge: it's never a dead card in hand since it arrives with its own host, making it marginally better than a vanilla equipment in Commander pods that run Bludgeon Brawl or similar.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Skinwing is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box before you'd bother ordering it. Bulk equipment rarely appreciates unless a commander specifically warps demand around it, and nothing on the horizon does that for Skinwing.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.