Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Legendary Creature — Insect5/5$24.74
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 .)
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Combos 4
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord + Azusa, Lost but Seeking + Glacial Chasm
- Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you
- Lock
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control at least one additional land.
Steps
Play Glacial Chasm either from your hand or from your graveyard. When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control. Pass the turn. At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice it. Play a land except Glacial Chasm from your graveyard. Repeat.
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord + Glacial Chasm + Zuran Orb
- Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you
- Lock
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control at least one additional land. Your life total is at least three.
Steps
Play Glacial Chasm either from your hand or from your graveyard. When Glacial Chasm enters the battlefield, its second ability triggers, causing you to sacrifice another land you control. Pass the turn. At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers, causing you to put an age counter on it and lose 2 life. Play any land from your graveyard. Pass the turn. At the beginning of your next upkeep, Glacial Chasm's cumulative upkeep ability triggers. Holding priority, activate Zuran Orb by sacrificing Glacial Chasm, causing you to gain two life. Resolve the Glacial Chasm trigger, doing nothing. Repeat.
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord + Verdant Succession + Dross Hopper
- Infinite self-mill
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control another nontoken green Insect.
Steps
Activate Dross Hopper by sacrificing another nontoken green Insect. The Insect dies, triggering Zask and Verdant Succession. Resolve the Zask trigger, putting the Insect on the bottom of your library from your graveyard and causing you to mill two cards. Resolve the Verdant Succession trigger, searching your library for that Insect and putting it onto the battlefield. Resolve the Dross Hopper ability from step 1, giving it flying until end of turn. Repeat.
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord + Grenzo, Dungeon Warden + Ashnod's Altar
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control at least one nontoken Insect. Grenzo has power equal to or greater than the Insect's base power.
Steps
Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Insect, adding {C}{C}. When the Insect dies, Zask's first ability triggers, causing you to put the Insect on the bottom of your library from your graveyard. Activate Grenzo by paying {2}, putting the Insect into your graveyard from the bottom of your library, and then putting it onto the battlefield. Repeat.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook. Only combos of 2 or 3 named cards are listed.
Best commanders
Commanders whose abilities work with this card and share its colors, from what the cards do.
- The SwarmweaverZask, Skittering Swarmlord fills your graveyard, which The Swarmweaver can use because it counts cards in your graveyard.
- Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague SwarmGrist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm fills your graveyard, which Zask, Skittering Swarmlord can use because it casts cards from your graveyard.
- Karador, Ghost ChieftainZask, Skittering Swarmlord fills your graveyard, which Karador, Ghost Chieftain can use because it casts cards from your graveyard.
- Hogaak, Arisen NecropolisZask, Skittering Swarmlord fills your graveyard, which Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis can use because it casts cards from your graveyard.
- Izoni, Thousand-EyedZask, Skittering Swarmlord fills your graveyard, which Izoni, Thousand-Eyed can use because it counts cards in your graveyard.
- Aatchik, Emerald RadianZask, Skittering Swarmlord fills your graveyard, which Aatchik, Emerald Radian can use because it counts cards in your graveyard.
- Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal ProtectorZask, Skittering Swarmlord fills your graveyard, which Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector can use because it reanimates creatures.
- Slimefoot and SqueeZask, Skittering Swarmlord fills your graveyard, which Slimefoot and Squee can use because it reanimates creatures.
- Tayam, Luminous EnigmaTayam, Luminous Enigma fills your graveyard, which Zask, Skittering Swarmlord can use because it casts cards from your graveyard.
- Kagha, Shadow ArchdruidZask, Skittering Swarmlord fills your graveyard, which Kagha, Shadow Archdruid can use because it casts cards from your graveyard.