Skirmish Rhino
Creature — Rhino
Trample
When this creature enters, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16666
Skirmish Rhino hits the board and immediately pressures opponents through its trample and combat-oriented statline, making it a threat that demands an answer rather than a card you play and forget. The cost is real — five mana is a crowded slot in competitive Commander — but the on-board impact justifies it in the right shell.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Skirmish Rhino earns its slot in go-wide or stompy strategies that want a mid-curve threat with immediate board presence — it isn't just a body, it's pressure. Constructed formats like Standard, Pioneer, and Modern are where Skirmish Rhino faces the steepest competition; five mana buys you a lot in those formats, and anything without an enters-the-battlefield effect or format-warping statline struggles to make the cut. Legacy and Vintage are simply too fast for a five-drop that doesn't win the game on the spot. Oathbreaker sits closer to Commander on the power spectrum, so the same stompy-shell logic applies there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.