---
name: "Deep Goblin Skulltaker"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Goblin Warrior"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Menace"]
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "101"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Cristi Balanescu"
oracle_id: "b7f56bbb-961a-4641-9446-7292ef188b1d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/deep-goblin-skulltaker-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Deep Goblin Skulltaker
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Goblin Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Menace

## Oracle Text
Menace
At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.)

> *"Go away! I found it first!"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Stalactite Stalker](/printing/stalactite-stalker-plci.md) — Creature — Goblin Rogue
2. [Zoyowa Lava-Tongue](/printing/zoyowa-lava-tongue-lci.md) — Legendary Creature — Goblin Warlock
3. [Goblin Dark-Dwellers](/printing/goblin-dark-dwellers-c20.md) — Creature — Goblin
4. [Canonized in Blood](/printing/canonized-in-blood-lci.md) — Enchantment
5. [Enterprising Scallywag](/printing/enterprising-scallywag-lci.md) — Creature — Goblin Pirate
6. [Knucklebone Witch](/printing/knucklebone-witch-lrw.md) — Creature — Goblin Shaman

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #101
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Cristi Balanescu
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`