Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Legendary Creature — Insect · 
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord is part of 58 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with Universal Automaton and Verdant Succession.
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 
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- Mana value
- 5
- Power/Toughness
- 5/5
- Keywords
- Mill
- Color identity
Frequently combined with
The cards that most often join Zask, Skittering Swarmlord across all of its 58 combos.
Roles in combos
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord can stand in for these generic cards, so it also fits the combos that require them.
Combos with Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
58 combos legal in Commander.
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Verdant Succession
Ashnod's Altar
+ Green Nontoken Insect
Results in combo:
Infinite self-mill
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Near-infinite colorless mana
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Verdant Succession
Altar of Dementia
+ Green Nontoken Insect
Results in combo:
Infinite self-mill
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite mill
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Glacial Chasm
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Glacial Chasm
Zuran Orb
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Verdant Succession
Phyrexian Altar
+ Green Nontoken Insect
Results in combo:
Infinite self-mill
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Near-infinite colored mana
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Verdant Succession
Dross Hopper
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite self-mill
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Aluren
Ashnod's Altar
+ Insect with MV<=3
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite self-mill
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Aluren
Phyrexian Altar
+ Insect with MV<=3
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite colored mana
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite self-mill
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Aluren
Altar of Dementia
+ Insect with MV<=3
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite mill
Infinite self-mill
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Verdant Succession
Viscera Seer
+ Green Nontoken Insect
Results in combo:
Infinite self-mill
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Near-infinite scry 1
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Verdant Succession
Blasting Station
+ Green Nontoken Insect
Results in combo:
Near-infinite damage
Infinite self-mill
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Aluren
Blasting Station
+ Insect with MV<=3
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite self-mill
Infinite damage
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Rhonas's Monument
Skylasher
Phyrexian Altar
Results in combo:
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinitely large creatures you control until end of turn
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite self-mill
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Aluren
Viscera Seer
+ Insect with MV<=3
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite scry 1
Infinite self-mill
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Universal Automaton
Ashnod's Altar
Winding Canyons
Results in combo:
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite self-mill
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Verdant Succession
Carrion Feeder
+ Green Nontoken Insect
Results in combo:
Infinite self-mill
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Universal Automaton
Winding Canyons
Phyrexian Altar
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite self-mill
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Verdant Succession
Woe Strider
+ Green Nontoken Insect
Results in combo:
Infinite self-mill
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Near-infinite scry 1
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Aluren
Umbral Collar Zealot
+ Insect with MV<=3
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite self-mill
Infinite storm count
Infinite surveil
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Aluren
Carrion Feeder
+ Insect with MV<=3
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite self-mill
Infinite storm count
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
