Skirk Drill Sergeant
Creature — Goblin
Whenever this creature or another Goblin dies, you may pay 
. If you do, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a Goblin permanent card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put it into your graveyard.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks Anthology: Elves vs. Goblins
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #20746
Skirk Drill Sergeant turns every Goblin death into a free tutor, pulling any Goblin from your library directly onto the battlefield at the cost of two life — a negligible price when you're flooding the board. The morph activation is the catch: two mana and a reveal to flip it face-up, which means opponents can see it coming and plan around it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Skirk Drill Sergeant earns its keep — Goblin tribal decks run enough sacrifice outlets and token generators to trigger it repeatedly, and fetching a Goblin like Goblin Recruiter or Muxus, Goblin Grandee directly into play is the kind of card advantage that compounds fast. In Pauper, it sees fringe play as a toolbox piece in Goblin shells, though the morph cost slows it down in a format that rewards tempo. Legacy and Vintage both have access to it but have no reason to run it when faster, more resilient options exist. Outside of Goblin tribal, Skirk Drill Sergeant does nothing.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Skirk Drill Sergeant sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying almost nothing for a card that does real work in the right shell. The price is unlikely to move unless a Goblin commander spikes in popularity, so pick it up now without overthinking it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.