---
name: "Skirge Familiar"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Imp"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "VMA"
set_name: "Vintage Masters"
collector_number: "140"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Uriah Voth"
oracle_id: "ba95f24d-42da-48ce-bcf1-1b7c4b3c45b5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/skirge-familiar-vma"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Skirge Familiar
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Imp
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Discard a card: Add {B}.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Skittering Skirge](/printing/skittering-skirge-usg.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Imp
2. [Fledgling Imp](/printing/fledgling-imp-ody.md) — Creature — Imp
3. [Slinking Skirge](/printing/slinking-skirge-uds.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Imp
4. [Ravenous Skirge](/printing/ravenous-skirge-usg.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Imp
5. [Crazed Skirge](/printing/crazed-skirge-usg.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Imp
6. [Pit Imp](/printing/pit-imp-tmp.md) — Creature — Imp

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Vintage Masters (VMA) #140
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Uriah Voth
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2021-06-18)* Skirge Familiar's activated ability is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.