Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

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Zask, Skittering Swarmlord: Legendary Creature - Insect, Jumpstart 2022. You may play lands and cast Insect spells from your graveyard. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{G}{G}
Mana value
5
Type
Legendary Creature - Insect
Colour identity
Black and green (BG)
Power / toughness
5/5
Rarity
Rare
Set
Jumpstart 2022 (J22)
Released
2022-12-02
Collector number
47
Artist
Alexander Ostrowski
Commander rank
6,931 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Mill
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

Zask, Skittering Swarmlord is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black and green legendary creature from Jumpstart 2022 (J22), a draft-focused set released in December 2022. It is collector number 47 in that set, with art by Alexander Ostrowski. It costs {3}{G}{G} (three generic and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is black and green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Jumpstart 2022 is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $22.40 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).

Card text

You may play lands and cast Insect spells from your graveyard.

Whenever another Insect you control dies, put it on the bottom of its owner's library, then mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)

{1}{B/G}: Target Insect gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. ({B/G} can be paid with either {B} or {G}.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $22.40 (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 Zask, Skittering Swarmlord by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Zask, Skittering Swarmlord.

  • You must pay all costs and follow all timing rules for cards played from your graveyard this way. For example, you may play a land this way only while the stack is empty during one of your own main phases, and only if you haven't played a land yet this turn.

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