Skirk Ridge Exhumer
Creature — Zombie Spellshaper
, 
, Discard a card: Create a 1/1 black Zombie Goblin creature token named Festering Goblin. It has "When this token dies, target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn."
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Future Sight
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #22801
Skirk Ridge Exhumer turns any Zombie you discard into a 2/2 Zombie token — repeatable, on-demand, and payable at instant speed for just two mana per activation. The discard cost is the engine, not the drawback, in any deck that wants cards in the graveyard.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Skirk Ridge Exhumer earns its keep — Zombie tribal decks and discard-matters builds both want exactly this effect, and the ability to activate at instant speed means you can respond to a wipe by flooding the board before it resolves. Outside Commander, the card is legal in Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no play in those formats; two mana per token is too slow against the threats those formats present. Stick to 100-card tables.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Skirk Ridge Exhumer is bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card with a genuinely unique repeatable token-generation effect. Bulk rares with narrow tribal homes rarely spike, so don't expect price movement, but at this price there's no reason not to own a copy if you're building Zombies.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.