Skitter of Lizards
Creature — Lizard
Multikicker 
(You may pay an additional any number of times as you cast this spell.)
Haste
This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each time it was kicked.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conspiracy
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #16681
Skitter of Lizards floods the board with 1/1 lizards proportional to how much mana you sink into it, and the kicker mechanic means every extra mana spent is another body. Outside of dedicated token or +1/+1 counter shells — particularly Gev, Scaled Scorch — it's too mana-intensive and too low-impact to justify a slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gev, Scaled Scorch
Gev, Scaled Scorch rewards going wide with 1/1s, and Skitter of Lizards can dump your entire mana pool into a single activation to supply exactly that — the lizard tokens enter simultaneously, which means Gev's end-of-turn trigger sees the full board.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Skitter of Lizards is a Commander card through and through — the mana investment it demands only makes sense in a 100-card singleton format where the game runs long enough to cast it for six or more. In Pauper it's legal but competes with far more efficient token producers at common. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a sorcery-speed token sink when those formats reward instant-speed interaction and early pressure. Commander is the only context where Skitter of Lizards pulls its weight, and even there it belongs in a narrow range of decks.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Skitter of Lizards sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to appreciate — its narrow application keeps demand low. Pick it up in a bulk bin rather than paying shipping for a single copy.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.