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Skirk Prospector

Creature — Goblin

Sacrifice a Goblin: Add {R}.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
World Championship Decks 2003
Price
$1.85
EDHREC rank
#1379
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Skirk Prospector card art
Skirk Prospector converts any Goblin into red mana the moment it hits the table — no tap required, no hoops, just sacrifice and float. At one mana, it slots into every Goblin deck from Krenko, Mob Boss token explosions to Wort, Boggart Auntie recursion loops without a second thought.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Wort, Boggart Auntie

Wort, Boggart Auntie

84.5% of decks · synergy 0.80

Wort, Boggart Auntie returns a Goblin from the graveyard each combat, and Skirk Prospector turns those recurred bodies into mana before the next end step — the loop keeps the engine fed while threatening to go infinite with the right pieces.

02
Muxus, Goblin Grandee

Muxus, Goblin Grandee

89.3% of decks · synergy 0.71

Muxus, Goblin Grandee dumps a board of Goblins into play all at once, and Skirk Prospector converts the excess tokens or smaller hits into the mana needed to activate Muxus again the same turn.

03

Grub, Storied Matriarch

74.4% of decks · synergy 0.70

Grub, Storied Matriarch rewards sacrifice density, and Skirk Prospector provides free, repeatable sacrifice triggers that also ramp — every Goblin fed to it advances both the mana count and Grub's payoff conditions simultaneously.

04
Krenko, Mob Boss

Krenko, Mob Boss

86.0% of decks · synergy 0.68

Skirk Prospector is one of the most popular includes in Krenko, Mob Boss decks because it converts the token flood into the mana needed to activate Krenko multiple times in a single turn, collapsing a two-turn goldfish into one.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Skirk Prospector earns its reputation — Goblin tribal is one of the most-built archetypes on EDHREC, and nearly every build that can run it does. In Legacy and Vintage, Skirk Prospector sees fringe play in Goblin combo shells where the sacrifice-for-mana line enables same-turn kills, though it competes with a denser card pool. Pauper is the other format worth noting: at common, it slots into red sacrifice and token strategies as a clean, no-overhead mana engine. Modern and Pioneer have Goblin synergy pieces, but the format speed and competition from more impactful one-drops limit Skirk Prospector to niche tribal lists rather than mainstays.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.85 cheap tier

At $1.85, Skirk Prospector sits in the cheap tier — easy to acquire, and the price reflects steady demand from one of Commander's most popular creature types rather than speculative spikes. It's a staple inclusion, not a volatile one, so the price is unlikely to move sharply in either direction.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.