Skewer the Critics Price
7 printings · 5 sets · first printed 2019
Skewer the Critics has been printed 7 times across 5 sets, first in 2019 and most recently in 2025. Right now the cheapest printing is Breaking News #26 at $0.15, while the most expensive is Secret Lair Drop #2056 at $4.29 — about 29× more. The median across 7 priced printings is $0.28. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 7x, including dedicated reprint sets like The List, Ravnica Remastered.
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Every Skewer the Critics Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breaking News #26 (U) Cheapest | 2024 | $0.15 | — |
| Ravnica Remastered #340 (C) | 2024 | $0.16 | $0.09 |
| Ravnica Remastered #124 (C) | 2024 | $0.22 | — |
| The List #RNA-115 (C) | 2024 | $0.28 | — |
| Ravnica Allegiance #115 (C) | 2019 | $0.28 | — |
| Secret Lair Drop #2051 (R) | 2025 | $1.86 | $0.90 |
| Secret Lair Drop #2056 (R) Foil | 2025 | $4.29 | $2.00 foil |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
(You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.)Skewer the Critics deals 3 damage to any target.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 7 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
6 PrecedentsIn a multiplayer game, if an opponent loses life and later that turn leaves the game, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost. (If a player leaves the game during their turn, that turn continues without an active player.)
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a spectacle cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
Spectacle doesn't change when you can cast the spell. For example, you can't cast a sorcery with spectacle during an opponent's turn unless another effect allows you to do so, even if that player has lost life this turn.
Spectacle cares only that an opponent lost life during the turn, not that the opponent's life total is currently lower than it was. For example, if an opponent loses 1 life and then gains 2 life in the same turn, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost that turn.
A card's spectacle cost is the same no matter how much life your opponents lost or how many opponents lost life.