The worst limited card ever. This card is *never* in play.
Silverware
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Its ability makes it really hard to keep around for any practical use. At least it will almost always avoid wrath of god or any other remove all creature effects.
pumaman83
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Is there ANY time this would be useful?
Keino
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
"when a creature enters the battlefield" effects...
Jackflap
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(3 votes)
I can't believe so many people don't like this card. Play it with Forbidden Orchard and lots of Obliterate, Apocalypse, etc and you have a winning strategy.
blindthrall
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Just do all your summoning after you attack with it. Simple, really. It's biggest drawback is that it can never block haste.
Gwafa_Hazid
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(3 votes)
@pumaman83
RW Pandemonium?
Etregan
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I always forget about Forbidden Orchard when i see effects like this.
ClockworkSwordfish
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Flavorful, but not too practical. I love it.
Tommy9898
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I really like the art.
LiXinjian
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Doesn't it favor overextending from your opponents? Want to remove this blocker? Play a creature before you attack. Do the same next turn to get two monsters through. Then get hit with a Wrath of God or something... Hmm.
Gaussgoat
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(4 votes)
If it was a bigger creature I could see its drawback coming into play, but a 3/4 for 4CC? There are far bigger guys you could drop, even with Common Rarity.
The effect and flavor is interesting though.
2/5
A3Kitsune
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Combos with Puca's Mischief. Give it away every turn you have a creature in hand you can play.
raegbund
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
pandemonium anyone? This and norin the wary together. Very nice. Sadly norin wont leave play from this guy coming back, so just play something or attack with something to have norin leave play for 5 damage per turn.
takenbyshadow
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i love this card. glad the art made me stop to look at it or else i might not have built a deck around such an annoying effect.
UltimaCenturion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Puca's Mischief works wonders with this. Other than that, almost no use worth paying 4 mana for.
orisiti
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Can be fun in plane chase, works well with Murasa or Immersturm
Just a thought - throw Saltskitter into a Soul Sisters deck, and lose track of how many times the lifegain and counters for Ajani's Pridemate get added.
Heck - wouldn't just 2 of these lead to an infinite life and/or infinitely large Pridemate situation, since each one coming back would trigger the other one to leave again, then come back again?
Larwick
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I really love the artwork, but I just can't see myself using the card effectively.
sonorhC
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Two of these isn't an infinite combo. At the end of the turn, one comes back and exiles the other, and the other one doesn't come back until the end of the next turn, since this turn's "beginning of the end step" trigger is already past.
NoobOfLore
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The Johnny in me approves. I just wish it had slightly more of an edge for its "drawback."
Hackworthy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
There's some comboing required but you're an idiot if you think there's nothing you can do with this card. Also, my name is a killing word.
/Dune references.
Arachnos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUNE
Bobth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Should have cost 3, or possibly 2. Then it would have been great. A strong deterrent convincing your opponent to play cards they might not have otherwise, while being an inevitability when they run out of creatures. For 4 though, it's not scary enough to deter anything.
Polyphemos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Fun casual combo with this card: Worldslayer, Pollenbright Wings, Brass Squire to equip the Worldslayer for free, and probably a mana ramp to speed things up. Stick the sword and the wings on Saltskitter, and you'll likely get through with flying. Let the Wings resolve first, and you'll get three 1/1 tokens, causing Saltskitter to phase out. Then let Worldslayer wipe the board, and Saltskitter should phase back in at the end of your turn, with a path open to attack.
So there you have it, a use for the Saltskitter. Not the best combo, sure, but it's fun.
RunedServitor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Not bad for comes-into-play triggers, but Norin does it better.
Nagazel
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
As a card on its own Saltskitter is not the best creature by a long shot. But I run Saltskitter in a deck with Norin, the Wary, Leyline of Vitality, Genesis Chamber, Pandemonium, Enchanted Evening to great effect. Once you have a Norin and Saltskitter out you let the 'Skitter hit the field first then Norin follow. Skitter leaves immediately and does so every turn. Once the deck gets going it gets hilarious. And nothing says fun like Mirrorweave as a field wipe using your Saltskitter to exile all other creatures in play.
I like it. Good flavor and not easily exploitable but it has solid combo potential.
Fanaticmogg
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card can beat for 3, which is worth having in Limited on top of its ETB-trigger shenanigans. Also, Flash creatures let it dodge removal.
"But Fanaticmogg, what if I want to play a creature? Then he gets exiled and I don't get to attack!"
You should be playing cards after combat anyways. In fact, since it comes back untapped, playing creatures after it attacks gives it pseudo-Vigilance, as long as your opponent doesn't have any creatures to play. So, really bad pseudo-vigilance, which is still better than nothing.
It's kinda like Norin the Wary, but it's actualy capable of attacking.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The flavor of it is amazing! (It hides when creatures come by) He's not bad for convincing opponents to drop creatures in their first main phase to attack through and he's also not bad as a difficult to remove creature (if you have ways of adding tokens to the battlefield at instant speed.)
It doesn't require combos to be good; just a little deckbuilding synergy; making him a fun casual card that can still fit into a reasonably powerful deck.
It's also worth noting he has psuedo-vigilance; which is also flavorful.
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RW Pandemonium?
The effect and flavor is interesting though.
2/5
Heck - wouldn't just 2 of these lead to an infinite life and/or infinitely large Pridemate situation, since each one coming back would trigger the other one to leave again, then come back again?
I just wish it had slightly more of an edge for its "drawback."
/Dune references.
So there you have it, a use for the Saltskitter. Not the best combo, sure, but it's fun.
I like it. Good flavor and not easily exploitable but it has solid combo potential.
"But Fanaticmogg, what if I want to play a creature? Then he gets exiled and I don't get to attack!"
You should be playing cards after combat anyways. In fact, since it comes back untapped, playing creatures after it attacks gives it pseudo-Vigilance, as long as your opponent doesn't have any creatures to play. So, really bad pseudo-vigilance, which is still better than nothing.
It's kinda like Norin the Wary, but it's actualy capable of attacking.
He's not bad for convincing opponents to drop creatures in their first main phase to attack through and he's also not bad as a difficult to remove creature (if you have ways of adding tokens to the battlefield at instant speed.)
It doesn't require combos to be good; just a little deckbuilding synergy; making him a fun casual card that can still fit into a reasonably powerful deck.
It's also worth noting he has psuedo-vigilance; which is also flavorful.