Skull Skaab
Creature — Zombie
Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
Whenever a creature you control exploits a nontoken creature, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #19613
Skull Skaab replaces itself the turn it dies, stapling a draw trigger onto a recursive Zombie body that costs two mana to bring back. The catch is that casting it costs you a card from the top of your library, which means outside of Rooftop Storm making it free, you're paying a real resource premium for that draw engine.
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 Skaab is a Commander card through and through — the repeatable death trigger and graveyard recursion only generate real value across the long games and sacrifice-heavy Zombie synergies that the format enables. In Modern and Pioneer, a two-mana 2/1 that mills you and demands a death trigger to break even is far too slow to see any competitive play. Legacy and Vintage have the raw power to make Zombie synergies function, but there are strictly better options and Skull Skaab won't show up in any serious list. Stick to Commander, specifically Zombie tribal shells, where the grind-it-out game plan lets the card actually do its job.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Rooftop StormEnduring RenewalSkull Skaab
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
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Rooftop StormMortuaryRealmwalkerSkull Skaab
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
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Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Skull Skaab is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any common box or as a throw-in. There's no price pressure here; it's a niche tribal piece with a narrow home, so don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.