Skullcap Snail
Creature — Fungus Snail
When this creature enters, target opponent exiles a card from their hand.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #16991
Skullcap Snail gives you a repeatable loot effect stapled to a 2/3 Flash body — every end step, you draw then discard, which is real card selection if your deck wants cards in the graveyard. The cost is that it does nothing the turn it enters and asks you to spend mana on a 3-drop that never threatens the board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Skullcap Snail is a niche role-player in graveyard-focused decks — Millicent, Restless Revenant or Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver shells that want specific cards in the bin will happily cycle through their deck one card per end step. Outside Commander, the card is legal everywhere but competes against far more efficient looting options in every 60-card format; Modern and Pioneer have no interest in a 3-mana 2/3 that loots once per turn cycle. Pauper is the one format where it might show up at the fringes of a self-mill or threshold strategy, but even there it's slow.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Skullcap Snail is deep bulk — you're not paying for anything but the cardboard. That price is stable because demand is narrow; it won't spike unless a graveyard commander pushes the loot-every-end-step text into the spotlight.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.