Skirge Familiar
Modern Horizons 2 276 • uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Collector number
- 276
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Uriah Voth
- Market price
- $0.29
What it does
Flying
Discard a card: Add black mana.
"The skirges screech along with the bone saw. It makes a terrible racket, but they seem to enjoy it."— Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Skirge Familiar was originally introduced in the Urza's Legacy expansion in 1999, designed as part of a cycle of creatures that utilized the discard mechanic to fuel powerful effects. This version, featured in the Modern Horizons 2 set released in 2021, acts as a functional reprint, bringing the card into the modern card frame and updating its aesthetics to fit the contemporary visual style of the game.
The art for this iteration was created by Kev Walker, a long-time contributor to the Magic: The Gathering franchise. Walker’s depiction leans into the macabre and unsettling nature of the Skirge, a species of Phyrexian-aligned creatures known for their bat-like features and metallic, parasitic physiology. The design was intended to evoke a sense of grim utility, reflecting the card's mechanical purpose of trading resources for mana, and it remains a staple piece of dark fantasy illustration within the game's broader lore.
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