Skewer the Critics

Commanders that run Skewer the Critics most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Imodane, the Pyrohammer: 934 decks
• Niv-Mizzet, Visionary: 551 decks
• Urabrask // The Great Work: 486 decks
• Solphim, Mayhem Dominus: 417 decks
• Torbran, Thane of Red Fell: 398 decks
• Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot: 363 decks
• Tor Wauki the Younger: 257 decks
• Obosh, the Preypiercer: 184 decks

Often played with Skewer the Critics

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Blade Juggler
• Hackrobat
• Shard Volley
• Dead Revels
• Rift Bolt
• Carnival // Carnage
• Rakdos Firewheeler
• Lava Spike
• Slaying Fire
• Rix Maadi Reveler

Rulings

• 2024-01-12: In a multiplayer game, if an opponent loses life and later that turn leaves the game, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost. (If a player leaves the game during their turn, that turn continues without an active player.)
• 2024-01-12: To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a spectacle cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
• 2024-01-12: Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
• 2024-01-12: Spectacle doesn't change when you can cast the spell. For example, you can't cast a sorcery with spectacle during an opponent's turn unless another effect allows you to do so, even if that player has lost life this turn.
• 2024-01-12: Spectacle cares only that an opponent lost life during the turn, not that the opponent's life total is currently lower than it was. For example, if an opponent loses 1 life and then gains 2 life in the same turn, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost that turn.
• 2024-01-12: A card's spectacle cost is the same no matter how much life your opponents lost or how many opponents lost life.