Silent Skimmer
Battle for Zendikar 96 • common
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Collector number
- 96
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Alejandro Mirabal
- Market price
- $0.05
What it does
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, defending player loses 2 life.
"I watched it pass at a distance. When I looked back to my companions, Najet was dead."— Akiri, kor line-slinger
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Silent Skimmer was released in 2015 as part of the Battle for Zendikar expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Designed as a common-rarity Eldrazi drone, the card was created to emphasize the set's core theme of an otherworldly, parasitic invasion of the plane of Zendikar. Mechanically, it utilizes the Devoid keyword, which marks it as colorless despite its blue mana requirement, highlighting the alien nature of the Eldrazi influence on the landscape.
The illustration was provided by artist Vincent Proce, who focused on the unsettling, monolithic aesthetic of the Eldrazi brood. His design intent was to capture the creature's eerie, hovering grace and its terrifying lack of traditional biological features. Upon release, the card was widely utilized in limited formats for its evasive flying ability and its synergy with processors and exile-based strategies, solidifying its place as a reliable utility creature within the set’s draft environment.
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