---
name: "Skittering Skirge"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Imp"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "BTD"
set_name: "Beatdown Box Set"
collector_number: "31"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ron Spencer"
oracle_id: "fae1d5d9-a50e-423e-8692-3e41f39df081"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/skittering-skirge-btd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Skittering Skirge
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Imp
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
When you cast a creature spell, sacrifice this creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Slinking Skirge](/printing/slinking-skirge-uds.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Imp
2. [Skirge Familiar](/printing/skirge-familiar-mh2.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Imp
3. [Skittering Horror](/printing/skittering-horror-uds.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror
4. [Skulking Ghost](/printing/skulking-ghost-ema.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Tethered Skirge](/printing/tethered-skirge-ulg.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Imp
6. [Crazed Skirge](/printing/crazed-skirge-usg.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Imp

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Beatdown Box Set (BTD) #31
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ron Spencer
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

## 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 triggered ability triggers when the creature spell is cast, and it is put on the stack before any responses can be cast or activated. This ability will resolve before that creature enters.
- *(2008-04-01)* A "creature spell" is any spell with the type Creature, even if it has other types such as Artifact or Enchantment. Older cards of type Summon are also Creature spells.