Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon

Card text

Flying

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

{B}: Skithiryx gains haste until end of turn.

{B}{B}: Regenerate Skithiryx.

Staples in Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon decks

The cards that appear most often in Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon decks, ranked by how many of those decks run them. Each links to the card's own page with its printings, price and legality.

• Hand of the Praetors (in 69% of decks)
• Infectious Inquiry (in 69% of decks)
• Vraska's Fall (in 62% of decks)
• Plague Stinger (in 60% of decks)
• Dark Ritual (in 59% of decks)
• Plague Myr (in 57% of decks)
• Ichor Rats (in 56% of decks)
• Drown in Ichor (in 54% of decks)
• Phyresis Outbreak (in 54% of decks)
• Whispering Specter (in 54% of decks)
• Blightbelly Rat (in 51% of decks)
• Lashwrithe (in 50% of decks)
• Jet Medallion (in 49% of decks)
• Phyrexian Crusader (in 48% of decks)
• Nightmare Lash (in 47% of decks)
• Crypt Ghast (in 46% of decks)
• Cabal Coffers (in 45% of decks)
• Karn's Bastion (in 45% of decks)
• Blackblade Reforged (in 43% of decks)
• Rogue's Passage (in 43% of decks)

Source: public Commander decklists, including tournament decklists from TopDeck.gg. Data updated October 10, 2026.