Skirk Marauder
Creature — Goblin
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, it deals 2 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Legions
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #26765
Skirk Marauder enters and deals 2 damage to any target — no mana investment beyond its morph cost, no conditions, just immediate value stapled to a 2/2 body. The catch is that getting that 2 damage requires paying the unmorph cost, which means it only belongs in decks that can exploit the Goblin type or abuse morph mechanics repeatedly.
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 |
In Commander, Skirk Marauder earns its slot almost exclusively in Goblin tribal builds that can recur or blink it — outside of that niche, a 2/2 that deals 2 for three mana is below rate. In Pauper it's legal but faces stiff competition from more efficient removal and creatures at common, so it rarely makes the cut. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but the power bar there makes Skirk Marauder invisible in practice. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander — viable if your gameplan loops morph creatures or floods the board with Goblins, irrelevant otherwise.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Skirk Marauder is deep bulk — you'll spend more on a sleeve than the card itself. Prices at this tier don't move unless a specific combo or commander pushes sudden demand, and nothing on the horizon suggests that's coming.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.