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Possessed Skaab

First printed in Magic Origins (2015)

All 2 prints

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  • Pioneer Masters (PIO) #237, 2024 (digital)
  • Magic Origins (ORI) #215, 2015

Possessed Skaab

Creature — Zombie

When this creature enters, return target instant, sorcery, or creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
If this creature would die, exile it instead.

A stitcher's attempt at a skaab with a soul.

3/2

Illustrated by
John Stanko

Legality

Legal in
Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Not legal in
Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl

Ruling (1)
  • Possessed Skaab’s last ability will apply no matter what caused it to die (lethal damage, being sacrificed, enough -1/-1 counters, and so on). Possessed Skaab won’t go to the graveyard. It will be put from the battlefield into exile. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature dies won’t trigger.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 30 Oct 2026).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Pioneer Masters (PIO), Premier Draft 55.6% +0.2 +3.6 33118
Pioneer Masters (PIO), Sealed 56.8% -0.4 +1.0 1286
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen

Combos

171 combos, the most popular first:

See all 171 on Commander Spellbook