Skill Borrower

Shards of Alara · #56 · rare · EN

CA$0.24 · Foil $1.05

cheapest of 69 store offers · see all

market $0.31 · Foil $3.47

Mana cost: {2}{U}

Type: Artifact Creature — Human Wizard

Play with the top card of your library revealed.
As long as the top card of your library is an artifact or creature card, this creature has all activated abilities of that card. (If any of the abilities use that card's name, use this creature's name instead.)

Artist: Shelly Wan

Released: 2008-10-03

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.31
  • TCGplayer foil: $3.47
  • Cardmarket: €0.27
  • Cardmarket foil: €1.26
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$3.47$0.30
240 days of daily prices for Skill Borrower: $0.39 to $0.31
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 240 days tracked · $0.39 → $0.31 (-21%) · low $0.30 · high $3.47
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Shards of Alara #56) in 8 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
GameKeeperMP · todayMPregularCA$0.24today
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$0.17today
First PlayerHP · 2 days agoHPregularCA$0.252 days ago
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.18today
401 GamesHP · todayHPregularCA$0.30today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.23today
CardTraderDM · 3 days agoDMregular€0.213 days ago
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.25today
GameKeeperSP · todaySPregularCA$0.37today
CardTraderSP · 3 days agoSPregular€0.243 days ago
401 GamesMP · todayMPregularCA$0.38today
The Comic HunterNM · 2 days agoNMregularCA$0.382 days ago
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.30today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€0.27today
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$1.05today
CardTraderSP · foil · 3 days agoSPfoil€1.093 days ago
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€1.26today
CardTraderHP · foil · 3 days agoHPfoil€1.343 days ago
CardTraderMP · foil · 3 days agoMPfoil€1.493 days ago
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$1.79today
TopDeck HeroNM · foil · todayNMfoilCA$2.99today
Bazaar of MagicNM · foil · yesterdayNMfoil€2.00yesterday
GamezillaSP · foil · todaySPfoilCA$3.40today
401 GamesHP · foil · todayHPfoilCA$3.60today
401 GamesMP · foil · todayMPfoilCA$4.50today

Truncated: 44 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 69 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: not legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 5 lists
  • 5 copies tracked