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Sarcophagus, Ship of the Dead

Sarcophagus, Ship of the Dead

Legendary Artifact — Spacecraft

Sarcophagus wants a deck that turns its Vehicles into creatures and attacks with them. It also suits a deck that makes an army of small creatures and attacks with all of them.

  • Mana cost2 genericred
  • Red ()
  • Power / toughness4 / 4
  • RarityUncommon

Other creatures you control get +1/+0.

Whenever a creature dies, if Sarcophagus isn't a creature, put a charge counter on it.

Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Spacecraft. Station only as a sorcery. It's an artifact creature at 10+.)

10+ | Flying

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Cards That Fit Sarcophagus, Ship of the Dead

Picked for what they do in Sarcophagus's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Sarcophagus's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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