Skizzik Surger
Creature — Elemental
Haste
Echo—Sacrifice two lands. (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Future Sight
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #30692
Skizzik Surger hits the board as a trampling 5/3 for four mana — that rate is fine, but the kicker cost to keep it past your next end step makes it a liability in any deck that doesn't consistently have creatures entering the battlefield. Run it when you can reliably trigger the kicker condition; otherwise it's a four-mana 5/3 that dies for free.
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 |
In Commander, Skizzik Surger earns a slot in token-heavy or creature-storm decks where multiple creatures entering each turn cycle makes the kicker trivial to satisfy. Outside that context, a vanilla 5/3 with a built-in expiration date is simply outclassed by the format's power level. In Legacy and Vintage, Skizzik Surger has no competitive footprint — both formats ignore four-mana creatures that require ongoing board investment to survive. Modern is similarly uninterested; the bar for four-mana threats is Titan-level, and Skizzik Surger doesn't clear it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Skizzik Surger is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar bin, not budgeting for it. There's no price pressure pushing it up, so grab a copy if the effect fits your build and don't expect that to change.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.