Skullwinder
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Type
- Creature — Snake
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 3
- Set
- Commander Anthology #146 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.36 USD
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.
Skullwinder has 9 printings, first in Commander 2015 (2015). EDHREC ranks it #3,774 among Commander cards. It appears most in Fynn, the Fangbearer decks (5,248 on EDHREC). 6 public decks on TCG run it. It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Skullwinder
- Desert Bloom - Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander, led by Yuma, Proud Protector
- Plunder the Graves - Commander 2015, led by Meren of Clan Nel Toth
- Plunder the Graves - Commander Anthology, led by Meren of Clan Nel Toth
- Swell the Host - Commander 2015, led by Ezuri, Claw of Progress
- Symbiotic Swarm - Commander 2020, led by Kathril, Aspect Warper
- Tricky Terrain - Modern Horizons 3 Commander, led by Omo, Queen of Vesuva
Commanders that run Skullwinder most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Fynn, the Fangbearer: 5,248 decks
- Gluntch, the Bestower: 3,066 decks
- Aphelia, Viper Whisperer: 2,448 decks
- Omo, Queen of Vesuva: 1,629 decks
- Yuma, Proud Protector: 1,141 decks
- Kathril, Aspect Warper: 808 decks
- Kaseto, Orochi Archmage: 437 decks
- The Serpent Society: 427 decks
Often played with Skullwinder
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : 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.