---
name: "Skinthinner"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Morph"]
set: "C19"
set_name: "Commander 2019"
collector_number: "129"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Kev Walker"
oracle_id: "c4dee5fe-36f0-4155-9437-2c0504feba2c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/skinthinner-c19"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Skinthinner
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Keywords:** Morph

## Oracle Text
Morph {3}{B}{B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Zombie Cutthroat](/printing/zombie-cutthroat-scg.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Spined Basher](/printing/spined-basher-ons.md) — Creature — Zombie Beast
3. [Aphetto Exterminator](/printing/aphetto-exterminator-lgn.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Haunted Cadaver](/printing/haunted-cadaver-ons.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Bane of the Living](/printing/bane-of-the-living-c19.md) — Creature — Insect
6. [Putrid Raptor](/printing/putrid-raptor-scg.md) — Creature — Zombie Dinosaur Beast

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2019 (C19) #129
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Kev Walker

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2004-10-04)* The trigger occurs when you use the Morph ability to turn the card face up, or when an effect turns it face up. It will not trigger on being revealed or on leaving the battlefield.