Magic: The Gathering

Skittering Surveyor

March of the Machine 264 • common

Set: March of the Machine
Collector number: 264
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: 3 generic mana
Type: Creature
Colors: Colorless
Artist: Igor Kieryluk
Market price: $0.07

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What it's worth

$0.07market price via TCGplayer · Oct 8, 2026$0.04 – $0.07 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

The Skittering Surveyor is a versatile common card that helps players smooth out their resource development by searching for specific land types. Its ability to provide both a body on the battlefield and a necessary land makes it a reliable utility piece for stabilizing a deck during the mid-game.

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Card face

What it does

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Though no bigger than a hand, the surveyors were as vital to the resistance as the largest war constructs.

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

The Skittering Surveyor was released in 2023 as part of the Magic: The Gathering expansion set March of the Machine. This set depicted a climactic multiversal conflict against the Phyrexians, and the card serves as a mechanical representation of the artifact creatures utilized across various planes during the struggle. It was designed to provide utility in the Limited format, focusing on mana fixing and deck thinning.

The card features illustration by Wisnu Tan, who captured the creature's utilitarian and unsettling aesthetic within the Phyrexian design language. As a common-rarity colorless artifact, it was crafted for broad inclusion in decks rather than as a centerpiece, receiving recognition from players primarily for its reliability and efficiency in stabilizing board states during complex draft environments.

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