Skullwinder
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SetPLST
Collector #CLB-256
Released2026-11-09
Rarityuncommon
ArtistJoe Slucher
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Skullwinder

UncommonColour IDMV 3
Creature — Snake
Deathtouch
When this creature enters, return target card from your graveyard to your hand, then choose an opponent. That player returns a card from their graveyard to their hand.
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Keywords
Deathtouch
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Rulings (6)
wotc10 Jun 2022
Skullwinder's enters-the-battlefield ability targets only the card in your graveyard. If that card is an illegal target as the ability tries to resolve, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No cards will be returned to any player's hand.
wotc10 Jun 2022
The chosen opponent gets to choose which card to return from their graveyard to their hand.
wotc10 Jun 2022
You choose the target card as you put Skullwinder's triggered ability on the stack, but you don't choose an opponent until after you have returned the card to your hand.
wotc10 Jun 2022
You may choose an opponent with no cards in their graveyard. In that case, they will not get to return anything.
wotc4 Nov 2015
Skullwinder's enters-the-battlefield ability targets only the card in your graveyard. If that card is an illegal target as the ability tries to resolve, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No cards will be returned to any player's hand.
wotc4 Nov 2015
You choose the opponent as the ability is resolving. You may choose an opponent with no cards in their graveyard.