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Skill Borrower
ARTIFACT CREATURE — HUMAN WIZARD Rare
Shards of Alara EDHREC #24,767
$0.33
-2.9%
7 days
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Skill Borrower Price Summary
Skill Borrower's current headline price is $0.33.
Skill Borrower Printings & Prices
1 printings
Skill Borrower has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.
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Sell Skill Borrower: Buylist Offers
3 offers
| Buyer | Printing | Finish | Cash offer | Retail | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoolStuffInc | ALA #56 | Foil | — | — | — |
| Card Kingdom | ALA #56 | Foil | — | — | — |
| Card Kingdom | ALA #56 | Nonfoil | — | — | — |
Skill Borrower Rules Text & Legality
View on Scryfall ↗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.)
Skill Borrower is legal in Modern, Legacy and Commander, and not legal in Standard, Pioneer and Pauper.
standard
Not legal
pioneer
Not legal
modern
Legal
legacy
Legal
commander
Legal
pauper
Not legal
Skill Borrower Rulings
5 most recent
- Oct 1, 2008 Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities; they have colons in their reminder text.
- Oct 1, 2008 If an effect tells you to draw several cards, reveal each one before you draw it. Skill Borrower will momentarily gain the activated abilities of artifact and creature cards revealed this way, but you won’t be able to activate those abilities while the effect is still happening.
- Oct 1, 2008 If the top card of your library changes while you’re activating one of Skill Borrower’s activated abilities gained from that card, the ability will still be activated and will resolve normally even though Skill Borrower has lost that ability.
- Oct 1, 2008 Skill Borrower may gain activated abilities that it can’t use. For example, if the top card of your library is an artifact or creature card with cycling, Skill Borrower will have cycling. However, since cycling can’t be activated from the battlefield, this won’t have any significant benefit. The same is true for unearth.
- Oct 1, 2008 The only difference between a colored artifact and a colorless artifact is, obviously, its color. Unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact requires colored mana to cast. Also unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact has a color in all zones. It will interact with cards that care about color. Other than that, a colored artifact behaves just like any other artifact. It will interact as normal with any card that cares about artifacts, such as Shatter or Arcbound Ravager.
Reprints & Reprint Risk
2 printings
Skill Borrower has been reprinted 2 times.
| Set | Date | Rarity | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALA #56 | 2008-10-03 | Rare | Standard |
| ALA #56 | 2008-10-03 | Rare | Standard |
Skill Borrower in Commander
Skill Borrower is the #24,767 most-played card on EDHREC, down 375 places over the last 30 days.
Skill Borrower FAQ
How much is Skill Borrower worth?
Skill Borrower is worth about $0.33 for its cheapest playable printing as of Sep 24, 2026.
Is Skill Borrower legal in Commander?
Yes — Skill Borrower is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Modern and Legacy.
Has Skill Borrower been reprinted?
Yes — Skill Borrower has been reprinted 2 times, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.
Why is Skill Borrower cheap?
Skill Borrower trades at about $0.33 — 2 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#24,767 on EDHREC).