Skaab Ruinator

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Skaab Ruinator: Creature - Zombie Horror, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}{U}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Zombie Horror
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
5/6
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
Released
2024-09-27
Collector number
128
Artist
Chris Rahn
Commander rank
16,779 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying

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About Skaab Ruinator

Skaab Ruinator is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue creature from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 128 in that set, with art by Chris Rahn. It costs {1}{U}{U} (one generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 5/6 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Innistrad (2011) to Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.41 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile three creature cards from your graveyard.

Flying

You may cast this card from your graveyard.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.41 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Skaab Ruinator by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Skaab Ruinator

Skaab Ruinator has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Innistrad (ISD) #77Mythic2011

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Skaab Ruinator, newest first.

  • Skaab Ruinator is on the stack when you pay its costs. It can't be exiled to pay for itself.
  • You must exile three creature cards from your graveyard no matter what zone you're casting Skaab Ruinator from.

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Skaab Ruinator is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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