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Skitterbeam Battalion

Artifact Creature — Construct

Prototype {3}{R}{R} — 2/2 (You may cast this spell with different mana cost, color, and size. It keeps its abilities and types.)
Trample, haste
When this creature enters, if you cast it, create two tokens that are copies of it.

CMC
9
Mana cost
{9}
Color identity
R
Rarity
mythic
Set
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Price
—
EDHREC rank
#6318
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Skitterbeam Battalion card art
Skitterbeam Battalion enters and immediately triples itself — three bodies for the price of one, each with trample and haste, ready to attack the same turn. The prototype cost keeps it accessible early, but the full seven-mana version is where commanders like Animar, Soul of Elements and Herigast, Erupting Nullkite break it wide open.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Herigast, Erupting Nullkite

Herigast, Erupting Nullkite

62.4% of decks · synergy 0.60

Herigast, Erupting Nullkite's ability to put creatures into play from exile without paying their mana cost turns Skitterbeam Battalion into a free three-for-one — three hasty tokens ready to swing the turn Herigast connects.

02
Tannuk, Steadfast Second

Tannuk, Steadfast Second

48.3% of decks · synergy 0.46

Tannuk, Steadfast Second cares about having multiple creatures enter simultaneously, and Skitterbeam Battalion delivers exactly that — three copies at once, stacking triggers and padding the board in a single cast.

03

Megatron, Tyrant

41.1% of decks · synergy 0.41

Megatron, Tyrant converts artifacts into fuel, and Skitterbeam Battalion is an artifact creature that spawns two more — three sacrifice-ready bodies that feed Megatron's conversion engine efficiently.

04
Bello, Bard of the Brambles

Bello, Bard of the Brambles

22.6% of decks · synergy 0.21

Bello, Bard of the Brambles grants all creatures trample, so the tokens Skitterbeam Battalion copies in with are already evasion threats the moment they land, turning a wide board into a trampling stampede.

05
Imskir Iron-Eater

Imskir Iron-Eater

19.7% of decks · synergy 0.19

Imskir Iron-Eater rewards sacrificing artifacts, and Skitterbeam Battalion generates three artifact creatures in one cast — easy fodder that converts directly into Imskir's life-loss triggers and power boosts.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Skitterbeam Battalion does its best work — cost-reduction commanders and flicker effects let it go from a fair seven-mana play to a game-ending engine, and the prototype option means it can slot into decks at almost any curve position. In Modern and Pioneer, it's legal but competes in a threat landscape that generally wants more immediate or redundant pressure; the token ceiling is real, but sorcery speed and no built-in protection make it a fringe consideration at best in those formats. Legacy and Vintage have the raw power to abuse prototype and reanimation effects, though the card rarely shows up there when cheaper artifact-creature payoffs exist. For most players, this is a Commander card first and everything else a distant second.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Current pricing data for Skitterbeam Battalion isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. Given its home primarily in Commander and its presence across multiple precon-adjacent archetypes, it typically sits in the affordable range — worth picking up whenever you're building one of its high-synergy commanders.

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