Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

Legendary Creature — Insect

You may play lands and cast Insect spells from your graveyard. Whenever another Insect you control dies, put it on the bottom of its owner's library, then mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.) : Target Insect gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. ( can be paid with either or .)

$29.66

Commander: LegalModern: Not legal

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Potential synergies

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1,031 of 34,605 canonical cards have AI-derived resource labels. Label model: gpt-5.6-luna.

These suggestions use AI-derived resource labels, which may be incomplete or outdated. They are not rules-validated interactions.

Desperate Plea

3 directional matches

Sorcery — Lesson · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides Graveyard; Desperate Plea rewards it.
  • Labels: Desperate Plea provides Graveyard; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.
  • Labels: Desperate Plea provides Sacrifice; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.

Eumidian Wastewaker

3 directional matches

Creature — Insect Cleric · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides Graveyard; Eumidian Wastewaker rewards it.
  • Labels: Eumidian Wastewaker provides Graveyard; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.
  • Labels: Eumidian Wastewaker provides Sacrifice; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.

Impulsive Pilferer

3 directional matches

Creature — Goblin Pirate · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides Graveyard; Impulsive Pilferer rewards it.
  • Labels: Impulsive Pilferer provides Graveyard; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.
  • Labels: Impulsive Pilferer provides Sacrifice; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.

Merfolk Windrobber

3 directional matches

Creature — Merfolk Rogue · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides Graveyard; Merfolk Windrobber rewards it.
  • Labels: Merfolk Windrobber provides Graveyard; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.
  • Labels: Merfolk Windrobber provides Sacrifice; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.

Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree

3 directional matches

Legendary Artifact · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides Graveyard; Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree rewards it.
  • Labels: Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree provides Graveyard; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.
  • Labels: Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree provides Sacrifice; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.

Seedship Broodtender

3 directional matches

Creature — Insect Citizen · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides Graveyard; Seedship Broodtender rewards it.
  • Labels: Seedship Broodtender provides Graveyard; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.
  • Labels: Seedship Broodtender provides Sacrifice; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.

All-Seeing Arbiter

2 directional matches

Creature — Avatar · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides Graveyard; All-Seeing Arbiter rewards it.
  • Labels: All-Seeing Arbiter provides Graveyard; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.

Altar of Dementia

2 directional matches

Artifact · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Altar of Dementia provides Graveyard; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.
  • Labels: Altar of Dementia provides Sacrifice; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.

Canonized in Blood

2 directional matches

Enchantment · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides Graveyard; Canonized in Blood rewards it.
  • Labels: Canonized in Blood provides Sacrifice; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.

Champion of Stray Souls

2 directional matches

Creature — Skeleton Warrior · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides Graveyard; Champion of Stray Souls rewards it.
  • Labels: Champion of Stray Souls provides Sacrifice; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.

Colossal Rattlewurm

2 directional matches

Creature — Wurm · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides Graveyard; Colossal Rattlewurm rewards it.
  • Labels: Colossal Rattlewurm provides Graveyard; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.

Corpse Cobble

2 directional matches

Instant · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Corpse Cobble provides Graveyard; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.
  • Labels: Corpse Cobble provides Sacrifice; Zask, Skittering Swarmlord rewards it.
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Synergy candidates compare resources Zask, Skittering Swarmlord is labeled as providing with candidate payoffs, and candidate resources with Zask, Skittering Swarmlord's payoffs. Candidates are excluded when either card is labeled as hating a resource the other provides or has a payoff for.

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1,031 of 34,605 canonical cards have AI-derived resource labels. Label model: gpt-5.6-luna.

These suggestions use AI-derived resource labels, which may be incomplete or outdated. They are not rules-validated interactions.

Hushbringer

2 answer matches

Creature — Faerie · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Hushbringer disrupts Graveyard, which Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides or rewards.
  • Labels: Hushbringer disrupts Sacrifice, which Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides or rewards.

Abstergo Entertainment

1 answer matches

Legendary Land · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Abstergo Entertainment disrupts Graveyard, which Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides or rewards.

Legendary Creature — Human Berserker · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos disrupts Sacrifice, which Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides or rewards.

Angel of Jubilation

1 answer matches

Creature — Angel · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Angel of Jubilation disrupts Sacrifice, which Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides or rewards.

Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver

1 answer matches

Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver disrupts Graveyard, which Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides or rewards.

Behind the Mask

1 answer matches

Instant · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Behind the Mask disrupts Graveyard, which Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides or rewards.

Bojuka Bog

1 answer matches

Land · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Bojuka Bog disrupts Graveyard, which Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides or rewards.

Burn from Within

1 answer matches

Sorcery · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Burn from Within disrupts Graveyard, which Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides or rewards.

Combustion Technique

1 answer matches

Instant — Lesson · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Combustion Technique disrupts Graveyard, which Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides or rewards.

Deny the Divine

1 answer matches

Instant · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Deny the Divine disrupts Graveyard, which Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides or rewards.

Froghemoth

1 answer matches

Creature — Frog Horror · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Froghemoth disrupts Graveyard, which Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides or rewards.

Funeral Pyre

1 answer matches

Instant · Mana cost:

  • Labels: Funeral Pyre disrupts Graveyard, which Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides or rewards.
How these suggestions work

Answer candidates are labeled as disrupting a resource Zask, Skittering Swarmlord provides or has a payoff for; the direction is candidate disrupts the viewed card.

Each distinct resource and direction counts once. Highest counts rank first, with ties ordered by card slug. No deck legality or color filter is applied. Check costs, timing, restrictions, and the cards themselves; these are not probabilities or guaranteed counters.

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