Possessed Skaab
Magic Origins 215 • uncommon
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Collector number
- 215
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Blue
- Artist
- John Stanko
- Market price
- $0.20
What it does
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.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Possessed Skaab was released in 2015 as part of the Magic Origins set, a supplemental expansion designed to bridge the gap between the game's core sets and its evolving narrative structure. The card reflects the set's thematic focus on the origin stories of iconic Planeswalkers, placing the creature within the morbid, scientific context of Innistrad, a plane defined by its gothic horror aesthetic where necromancy and flesh-crafting are central cultural elements.
The card was illustrated by Johannes Voss, a long-time contributor to the Magic: The Gathering franchise. Voss sought to capture the uncanny synthesis of decay and animation characteristic of the Skaab creatures, emphasizing the grotesque utility of stitched-together components. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional graveyard-recursion tool, appreciated by players for its ability to retrieve instant and sorcery spells, fitting well into the deliberate, control-oriented strategies common to blue and black deck archetypes.
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