Kishla Skimmer TDM 0201 · uncommon

Take it when

Fill the graveyard while developing mana, then use recursion, renew and harmonize to draw through Skimmer. Black and red offer different optional clan extensions.

What to take next

Cast Auroral Procession during your turn with Skimmer present. Returning the card triggers a draw; on a later turn harmonize Whisper for another departure and draw.

Wrong pick

Skimmer triggers only once per turn and only during your turn. Moving several cards at once does not multiply its card reward.

Mana & splash

Keep the colored sources needed for early spells. A synergy payoff does not automatically justify a splash.

Interactions from the card text, not a ranking.

Ainok WayfarerMilling can supply renew or harmonize while finding a land. If you take no land, it becomes larger; it does not put a land directly onto the battlefield.

Sultai DevoteeDeathtouch supports defense while the once-per-turn ability fixes a color. Paying one mana to receive one mana is filtering, not acceleration.

Auroral ProcessionReturn whichever graveyard card is most useful. With Kishla Skimmer present, the departure during your turn can also draw a card.

One-pick Draft

The first card leaving your graveyard during your turn draws a card. Renew, harmonize and recursion can enable it on successive turns; multiple departures in one turn still yield only one Skimmer draw.

Sealed vs Draft

The first card leaving your graveyard during your turn draws a card. Renew, harmonize and recursion can enable it on successive turns; multiple departures in one turn still yield only one Skimmer draw.