---
name: "Zask, Skittering Swarmlord"
mana_cost: "{3}{G}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Insect"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "J22"
set_name: "Jumpstart 2022"
collector_number: "47"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Alexander Ostrowski"
oracle_id: "3c4966b9-26f9-46ff-8d41-7fd01c70986d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/zask-skittering-swarmlord-j22"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/5
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
You may play lands and cast Insect spells from your graveyard.
Whenever another Insect you control dies, put it on the bottom of its owner's library, then mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)
{1}{B/G}: Target Insect gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. ({B/G} can be paid with either {B} or {G}.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Amzu, Swarm's Hunger](/printing/amzu-swarms-hunger-clu.md) — Legendary Creature — Insect Shaman
2. [The Swarmweaver](/printing/the-swarmweaver-pdsk.md) — Legendary Artifact Creature — Scarecrow
3. [Crawling Infestation](/printing/crawling-infestation-vow.md) — Enchantment
4. [Carrion Grub](/printing/carrion-grub-m21.md) — Creature — Insect
5. [Scouring Swarm](/printing/scouring-swarm-eoc.md) — Creature — Insect
6. [Grist, the Hunger Tide](/printing/grist-the-hunger-tide-dsc.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Grist

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #47
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Alexander Ostrowski
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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