Skullmulcher
Creature — Elemental
Devour 1 (As this creature enters, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. It enters with that many +1/+1 counters on it.)
When this creature enters, draw a card for each creature it devoured.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #16242
Skullmulcher enters the battlefield and immediately converts your token board into cards — one draw per token devoured, no cap. The cost is your entire token army, which makes it a finisher on card advantage rather than a mid-game play; in Thromok the Insatiable decks that are already sacrificing creatures for one giant threat, that cost is often zero.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Thromok the Insatiable
Thromok the Insatiable is built to consume its own token board anyway, so running Skullmulcher first — banking five or six cards before Thromok devours the rest — turns what would be a raw tempo play into a full refuel.
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 |
Commander is where Skullmulcher actually earns a slot — token strategies run wide, and drawing five or six cards off a single creature at instant speed is the kind of payoff that closes out games. In Legacy, Modern, or Vintage it's a five-mana sorcery-speed draw spell with a steep additional cost, which doesn't compete with what those formats can do for card advantage. Skullmulcher is a Commander card through and through, and it doesn't pretend otherwise.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Skullmulcher is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. It won't climb; token-sacrifice payoffs at this power level don't hold speculative value, but they don't need to when the card costs less than a pack of gum.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.