Headless Skaab
~$0.06 low · ~$0.42 high
Blue. Creature — Zombie Warrior
Dark Ascension #40 · Illustrated by Johann Bodin
Dark Ascension #40 · Illustrated by Johann BodinWhat is Headless Skaab worth?
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Oracle text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile a creature card from your graveyard.
This creature enters tapped.
3/6
A head is a needless encumbrance when muscle is all that's required.
Format legality
The only printing of Headless Skaab
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dark Ascension dka #40· 2012common· Cardmarket €0.04 · €0.31 foil | common | $0.06 | $0.42 | €0.04€0.31 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2012
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #29,120 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Johann Bodin
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Dark Ascension card (#40).
40
- 40Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Headless Skaab, read from the Dark Ascension printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Headless Skaab. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 3: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Creature is the card type. Zombie and Warrior are subtypes, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
- Power / toughness
- 3/6: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
- Illustration
- By Johann Bodin. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Dark Ascension. Black or white means common.
- Collector number
- 40 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Artist
- Johann Bodin, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Rulings (2)
2013-04-15
Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to otherwise remove the creature card you exiled in order to prevent you from casting this spell.
2013-04-15
You must exile exactly one creature card from your graveyard to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without exiling a creature card, and you cannot exile additional creature cards.
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