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Skeleton Ship

Skeleton Ship

Legendary Creature — Skeleton

Skeleton Ship wants a deck that wins with poison counters instead of damage. It also works in a deck built around Skeletons.

  • Mana cost3 genericblueblack
  • Blue, Black ()
  • Power / toughness0 / 3
  • RarityRare

When you control no Islands, sacrifice Skeleton Ship.

tap: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

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Cards That Fit Skeleton Ship

Picked for what they do in Skeleton Ship's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Skeleton Ship'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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The 6 Cards

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Skeleton Ship, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryUBPlayers write colors as letters: U for blue, B for black. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.Infect/ToxicInfect and toxic decks win with poison counters instead of damage: a player with ten or more poison counters loses the game. Creatures with infect give players poison counters instead of normal damage, and creatures with toxic give poison counters on top of their combat damage.Open the Infect/Toxic page-1/-1 CountersPuts -1/-1 counters on creatures, lowering their power and toughness for good. Unlike damage, which wears off at the end of the turn, the counters stay, and a creature whose toughness reaches zero dies. Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, Devoted DruidOpen the -1/-1 Counters page