Price$0.25 – $7.27
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Creature — Squid Horror
LegalCard DrawRank #717
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, create X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
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Why is this card good?
Chasm Skulker rewards exactly what blue decks already do: draw a pile of cards. Every draw grows it, and when it dies, you get a swarm of evasive Squids equal to its size — turning a removal spell into a board state rather than a loss.
Where it shines:
- Draw-heavy/wheel decks (Niv-Mizzet, Nekusar, Kydele) where you're churning through cards every turn.
- Aristocrats/tokens that can sacrifice it on demand to bank the Squid army, especially with payoffs like Blood Artist or a Skullclamp loop.
- Counter synergies (proliferate, Hardened Scales) make it balloon even faster.
The real combo trick: pair it with a free sac outlet to cash in the tokens, or use Skullclamp on the Squids for explosive card draw.
When to skip it: if your blue deck isn't actually drawing extra cards each turn, it's just a vanilla 1/1 that dies to a stiff breeze. It also wants protection — without recursion or sac outlets, opponents happily ignore it or kill it before it's threatening.
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Printings (9)
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Played by these commanders
Kasla, the Broken Halo100% of 1
Ms. Bumbleflower100% of 1
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian100% of 2
Kamiz, Obscura Oculus100% of 1
Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis100% of 1
Captain N'ghathrod100% of 1
Combos (8)
- O'aka, Traveling Merchant + Mind Over Matter + Chasm Skulker
→ Infinite self-discard triggers, Infinite draw triggers, Infinite looting
- Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top + Chasm Skulker + Cloud Key
→ Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count
- Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top + Chasm Skulker + Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse
→ Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count
- Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top + Chasm Skulker + Etherium Sculptor
→ Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count
- Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top + Chasm Skulker + Foundry Inspector
→ Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count
- Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top + Chasm Skulker + Helm of Awakening
→ Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count
Tokens & Emblemsthis card creates
Rulings (2)
- 2014-07-18
If enough -1/-1 counters are put on Chasm Skulker at the same time to make its toughness 0 or less, the number of +1/+1 counters on it before it got any -1/-1 counters will be used to determine how many Squid tokens you get. For example, if there are two +1/+1 counters on Chasm Skulker and it gets three -1/-1 counters, you'll get two Squid tokens.
- 2014-07-18
If you draw multiple cards, the first ability will trigger that many times. Each of these abilities will cause a +1/+1 counter to be put on Chasm Skulker.