Skulking Knight
Creature — Zombie Knight
Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)
When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #29516
Skulking Knight is a 3/3 for three mana that dies the moment anything targets it — including your own buffs — making it one of the most fragile creatures in black. It sees essentially no competitive play because any deck that wants a three-mana black beater has strictly better options.
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 |
Skulking Knight is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander it competes against a deep pool of black three-drops that don't self-destruct when targeted, so it almost never makes the cut. Pauper is the only format where its stats are marginally relevant, but even there the drawback is too punishing in a format full of cheap interaction. Across every format, Skulking Knight is outclassed before it hits the table.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Skulking Knight sits firmly in bulk territory — the price of a card nobody wants. It won't hold even that floor if demand doesn't materialize, and there's no competitive context pushing demand anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.