Skittish Valesk
Creature — Beast
At the beginning of your upkeep, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, turn this creature face down.
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #26594
Skittish Valesk puts a large body on the board with a coinflip attached — heads it attacks freely, tails it stays home, and you can't plan around either outcome. That randomness is the whole cost, and for most decks it's too high a price for a creature you can't reliably deploy as a threat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Skittish Valesk is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the formats where it's legal are exactly the formats that have better options at every point on the curve. In Commander, the coinflip clause is a liability — you need your five-drop to reliably advance your board state, and a 50% chance of doing nothing on attack is not a trade most decks want to make. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the card has no competitive application there. Oathbreaker is the one niche where a coinflip-tribal or chaos-themed shell might find a home for it, but even then it's a fringe consideration.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Skittish Valesk is deep bulk — the price reflects the demand, which is close to none. It's stable at this floor because it can't really go lower, not because anything is propping it up.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.