Magic: The Gathering · expansion
Skill Borrower
Shards of Alara · #56 · rare · 2008
Artifact Creature — Human Wizard
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Market reference
$0.34
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Collector number
- 56 / 250
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- rare
- Illustrator
- Shelly Wan
- Colors
- U
- Frame
- 2003
- Border
- black
- Finishes
- nonfoil · foil
- Printed
- 2008-10-03
About this card
Mana cost: {2}{U}
Type: Artifact Creature — Human Wizard
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.)
P/T: 1/3
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
Scryfall pricing
| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| USD (non-foil) | $0.34 |
| USD (foil) | $2.43 |
| EUR (non-foil) | €0.21 |
| EUR (foil) | €1.60 |
| MTGO tix | 0.02 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Skill Borrower is real?
Skill Borrower is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the print quality and cardstock (real cards have a distinctive blue inner core visible from the edge), the rosette pattern on the back, the security stamp on planeswalker / mythic cards from recent sets, and confirm the collector number and set code match the official Scryfall record. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Skill Borrower worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Skill Borrower is $0.34; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Skill Borrower from?
Skill Borrower is from the Magic: The Gathering set "Shards of Alara" in the expansion series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Skill Borrower?
Skill Borrower is a rare card in the Shards of Alara set.
