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Skill Borrower
Artifact Creature · Human Wizard
TCGplayer market · ALA #56 nonfoil
$0.31 +3.3% +$0.01, 7 days
- 1-year range
- 30 days
- −3.1%
- EDHREC rank
- #25,146 Down 198 in 30 days
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Skill Borrower Price Summary
The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.31, up 3.3% over 7 days, down 3.1% over 30 days, down 8.8% over 90 days.
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Skill Borrower in Sealed Products
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Skill Borrower Printings & Prices
Skill Borrower has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.
Sell Skill Borrower: Buylist Offers
| Buyer | Printing | Finish | Cash offer | Market | Spread to market |
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| CoolStuffInc | ALA #56 | Foil | |||
| Card Kingdom | ALA #56 | Foil | |||
| Card Kingdom | ALA #56 | Nonfoil |
Skill Borrower Rules Text & Legality
Skill Borrower
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.
- CommanderLegal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- PreDHLegal
- VintageLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- Competitive BrawlNot legal
- Future StandardNot legal
- GladiatorNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- Pauper CommanderNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- PremodernNot legal
- StandardNot legal
- Standard BrawlNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
Skill Borrower Rulings
- 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
Skill Borrower has been reprinted 2 times.
- Oct 3, 2008Shards of AlaraALA #56
- Oct 3, 2008Shards of Alara · foilALA #56
Skill Borrower in Commander
Skill Borrower is the #25,146 most-played card on EDHREC, down 198 places over the last 30 days.
#25,146
EDHREC rank
across all Commander decks Down 198 in 30 days
across all Commander decks Down 198 in 30 days
Skill Borrower FAQ
How much is Skill Borrower worth?
Skill Borrower is worth about $0.31 for its cheapest playable printing as of Nov 10, 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 $0.31; 2 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#25,146 on EDHREC).