Necroskitter
Necroskitter: Creature - Elemental, Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Elemental
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 1/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC)
- Released
- 2026-01-23
- Collector number
- 48
- Artist
- Thomas M. Baxa
- Commander rank
- 2,952 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Wither
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About Necroskitter
Necroskitter is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC), a Commander product released in January 2026. It is collector number 48 in that set, with art by Thomas M. Baxa. It costs {1}{B}{B} (one generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/4 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Eventide (2008) to Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.76 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
Whenever a creature an opponent controls with a -1/-1 counter on it dies, you may return that card to the battlefield under your control.
A swarm ever grows in its wake.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.76 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Necroskitter by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Necroskitter
Necroskitter has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #88 | Rare | 2015 |
| Duel Decks: Mirrodin Pure vs. New Phyrexia (TD2) #55 | Rare | 2011 |
| Eventide (EVE) #38 | Rare | 2008 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Necroskitter, newest first.
- The card returns to the battlefield without any -1/-1 counters on it (unless some other effect causes it to enter with some).
- It doesn't matter whose graveyard the creature is put into. It matters only that an opponent controlled it when it left the battlefield.
- It doesn't matter how many -1/-1 counters were on the creature when it was put into a graveyard from the battlefield, as long as it had at least one.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Necroskitter is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.