Skullwinder
Skullwinder: Creature - Snake, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Snake
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 1/3
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
- Released
- 2024-04-19
- Collector number
- 207
- Artist
- James Paick
- Commander rank
- 3,577 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Deathtouch
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About Skullwinder
Skullwinder is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon green creature from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC), a Commander product released in April 2024. It is collector number 207 in that set, with art by James Paick. It costs {2}{G} (two generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/3 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 8 sets, from Commander 2015 (2015) to Modern Horizons 3 Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Deathtouch
When this creature enters, return target card from your graveyard to your hand, then choose an opponent. That player returns a card from their graveyard to their hand.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Skullwinder by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Skullwinder
Skullwinder has been printed in 8 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #CLB-256 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #247 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #256 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| The List (PLST) #C20-189 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Commander 2020 (C20) #189 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Commander Anthology (CMA) #146 | Uncommon | 2017 |
| Legendary Cube Prize Pack (PZ1) #87 | Uncommon | 2015 |
| Commander 2015 (C15) #39 | Uncommon | 2015 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Skullwinder, newest first.
- You may choose an opponent with no cards in their graveyard. In that case, they will not get to return anything.
- The chosen opponent gets to choose which card to return from their graveyard to their hand.
- Skullwinder's enters-the-battlefield ability targets only the card in your graveyard. If that card is an illegal target as the ability tries to resolve, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No cards will be returned to any player's hand.
- You choose the target card as you put Skullwinder's triggered ability on the stack, but you don't choose an opponent until after you have returned the card to your hand.
- Skullwinder's enters-the-battlefield ability targets only the card in your graveyard. If that card is an illegal target as the ability tries to resolve, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No cards will be returned to any player's hand.
- You choose the opponent as the ability is resolving. You may choose an opponent with no cards in their graveyard.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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