---
name: "Skirk Marauder"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Goblin"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Morph"]
set: "ARC"
set_name: "Archenemy"
collector_number: "48"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "8ba0e831-054a-4e01-92ed-2845bd2fa12f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/skirk-marauder-arc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Skirk Marauder
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Goblin
- **Keywords:** Morph

## Oracle Text
Morph {2}{R} (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, it deals 2 damage to any target.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Skirk Commando](/printing/skirk-commando-a25.md) — Creature — Goblin
2. [Skirk Volcanist](/printing/skirk-volcanist-scg.md) — Creature — Goblin
3. [Goblin Taskmaster](/printing/goblin-taskmaster-ons.md) — Creature — Goblin
4. [Jeering Instigator](/printing/jeering-instigator-ktk.md) — Creature — Goblin Rogue
5. [Warbreak Trumpeter](/printing/warbreak-trumpeter-lgn.md) — Creature — Goblin
6. [Horde Ambusher](/printing/horde-ambusher-ktk.md) — Creature — Human Berserker

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Archenemy (ARC) #48
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Pete Venters

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