Sifter of Skulls

Sifter of Skulls: Creature - Eldrazi, Oath of the Gatewatch. Devoid. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost: {3}{B}
Mana value: 4
Type: Creature - Eldrazi
Colour identity: Black (B)
Power / toughness: 4/3
Rarity: Rare
Set: Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW)
Released: 2016-01-22
Collector number: 77
Artist: Slawomir Maniak
Commander rank: 3,526 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords: Devoid

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About Sifter of Skulls

Sifter of Skulls is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless creature from Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW), an expansion set released in January 2016. It is collector number 77 in that set, with art by Slawomir Maniak. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 4/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Oath of the Gatewatch (2016) to Modern Horizons 3 Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.74 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}." ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.74 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Sifter of Skulls by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Pioneer	Legal
Modern	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Vintage	Legal
Commander	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Penny Dreadful	Legal

Other printings of Sifter of Skulls

Sifter of Skulls has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Printing	Rarity	Year
Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #203	Rare	2024
Oath of the Gatewatch Promos (POGW) #77s	Rare	2016

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In these precons

Sifter of Skulls is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.