Skill Borrower
Shards of Alara 56 • rare
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Collector number
- 56
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Shelly Wan
- Market price
- $0.35
What it does
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
As long as the top card of your library is an artifact or creature card, this creature has all activated abilities of that card. (If any of the abilities use that card's name, use this creature's name instead.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Skill Borrower was released in the 2008 Magic: The Gathering expansion Shards of Alara, set in the fractured, color-aligned world of Grixis. This plane was defined by its dearth of mana and reliance on necromancy and artifice, providing the thematic backdrop for this creature's design as a Vedalken that mimics the abilities of the top card of its owner's library.
The artwork was commissioned from Shelly Wan, whose contributions to the set emphasized the sleek, high-fantasy aesthetic characteristic of the Vedalken race on Alara. The card is noted by players for its complex mechanical interaction with deck manipulation, serving as a tactical piece that rewards strategic foresight in gameplay, rather than relying on aggressive statistics.
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