Skull Prophet
Creature — Human Druid
: Add 
or 
.: Mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #1341
Skull Prophet puts two relevant abilities on a two-mana body: it mills two cards per turn while also tapping to add one mana of any color, making it ramp and graveyard fuel simultaneously. In The Mycotyrant builds especially, that combination is close to mandatory — you're paying two mana for a card that does the work of two.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Mycotyrant
The Mycotyrant scales directly off fungus and fungi entering from the graveyard, and Skull Prophet feeds that engine every turn by milling cards while doubling as a mana dork — over 65% of Mycotyrant lists include it for exactly that reason.
Venom, Deadly Devourer
Venom, Deadly Devourer wants creatures hitting the graveyard to grow its threat count, and Skull Prophet delivers that passively while fixing mana, making it a reliable early piece in over half of Venom lists.
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord rewards self-mill heavily since it can sacrifice creatures to deal damage equal to their power, and Skull Prophet accelerates the graveyard setup while keeping mana flowing in the early turns.
Coram, the Undertaker
Coram, the Undertaker cares about the top card of each player's graveyard, so Skull Prophet's consistent milling helps control and reload what Coram can cast, showing up in over half of Coram decklists.
The Beamtown Bullies
The Beamtown Bullies puts creatures from opponents' graveyards onto the battlefield attacking, and Skull Prophet mills your own threats into position while enabling the colored mana needed to keep the Bullies engine moving.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Skull Prophet is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is the only format where it sees meaningful play. In competitive Constructed, a 2/1 that mills two per turn is too slow and too fragile — Modern and Pioneer have faster, more efficient self-mill and ramp options that don't cost a card slot on a creature that dies to a stiff breeze. In Commander, the calculus flips: the combination of mana acceleration and incremental self-mill on one two-mana body is genuinely efficient, and the singleton format means you want every card pulling double duty. Skull Prophet earns its slot there and essentially nowhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Skull Prophet is deep bulk — pick up as many as you need without a second thought. Bulk rares with this level of Commander-specific demand tend to stay in this range unless a new commander breaks the card wide open, so there's no urgency beyond just grabbing one.
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Mycotyrant
- Venom, Deadly Devourer
- Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
- Coram, the Undertaker
- The Beamtown Bullies
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.