Sawblade Skinripper DSK 0231 · uncommon
Sawblade Skinripper · {1}{B}{R} · Creature — Human Assassin · Menace {2}, Sacrifice another creature or enchantment: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. At the beginning of your end step, if you sacrificed one or more permanents this turn, this creature deals that much damage to any target. · Power / toughness: 3/2
- Price
- from $0.201 printing
- Win rate
- 55.9% GIH 33,429 instances · Premier Draft
Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024 · 17Lands - Draft
- ◆ Key pickSacrifice another creature or enchantment for two mana to add a counter. Its end-step damage counts every permanent you sacrificed that turn, but requires a sacrifice before the end step begins.
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 18,671 wins in 33,429 card-in-hand instances.
29,151 distinct games · 9,406 distinct drafts · games recorded Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024.
17Lands file dated Oct 29, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Sacrifice another creature or enchantment for two mana to add a counter. Its end-step damage counts every permanent you sacrificed that turn, but requires a sacrifice before the end step begins.
How this changes your picks
Rules-derived- Take it when
- Create expendable creatures and enchantments, turn their sacrifices into cards and removal, then use a growing menace threat or end-step damage to finish.
- What to take next
- Cast Disturbing Mirth and sacrifice Fear of Lost Teeth for two cards and its death trigger. Later sacrifice the Mirth to Sawblade Skinripper to manifest dread while growing the Skinripper.
- Wrong pick
- Each sacrifice pays one cost. Disturbing Mirth cannot sacrifice itself to its own entry ability, and Final Vengeance's additional sacrifice is already paid before the opponent can respond.
- Mana & splash
- Keep the colored sources needed for early spells. A synergy payoff does not automatically justify a splash.
Support cards
3Interactions from the card text, not a ranking.
More
- One-pick Draft
- Sacrifice another creature or enchantment for two mana to add a counter. Its end-step damage counts every permanent you sacrificed that turn, but requires a sacrifice before the end step begins.
- Sealed vs Draft
- Sacrifice another creature or enchantment for two mana to add a counter. Its end-step damage counts every permanent you sacrificed that turn, but requires a sacrifice before the end step begins.
Draft data
+1.4 pp vs 54.5% average · 33,429 instances
Premier Draft · Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024 · average from 1,011,949 games
#106 of 261 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.0 on average (110,563 packs).
18 of 34 multicolor cards · 12 of 20 multicolor uncommon cards.
41,007.7 matches
Pick and maindeck observations: Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.
○ Opening hand 53.6% · 13,686 instances
● Drawn later 57.4% · 19,743 instances
In hand 55.9% · 33,429 instances
Unseen in deck 53.5% · 45,954 instances
+2.4 percentage points when drawn
Compared with multicolor cards
Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.
Best decks for it
no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum
Sacrifice BR57.6%21,725 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.9% · 33,429 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Best with
Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.
Most Valuable Slayer+3.3 pp24,263 games with both in the deck · 5,516 both drawnTrial of Agony+5.0 pp6,855 games with both in the deck · 1,362 both drawnHow to read this
Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.
At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.
Where it sits in the set
Above 60% of 261 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.
17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.
| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | Play Booster · MTGO Redemption | $0.20 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · collector-sample · Play Booster | $0.26 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 27 packs (3.70%) · 36.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a collector-sample · Modeled · About 1 in 100 packs (1.00%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
How to pull it
Official rates for the whole category, not this card.
| Booster | Slot | Per pack | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil uncommons | 100% per position | Traditional foil uncommons |
| Collector Booster Sample Pack | Foil uncommon | 100% | Foil uncommon |
Wizards · Collecting Duskmourn: House of Horror ↗ · Oct 29, 2026
Details & sources
- Legal in
- Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
- Illustration
- Zezhou Chen, DSK 231 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Sacrifice cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Duskmourn: House of Horror release notes · Oct 19, 2026
Wizards · Collecting Duskmourn: House of Horror · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗