Grafted Exoskeleton

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has infect. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to player in the form of poison counters.)

Whenever Grafted Exoskeleton becomes unattached from a permanent, sacrifice that permanent.

Equip {2} (2: Attach this permanent to target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

clayperce on Official missing/incorrect card/token thread

4 months ago

Greetings!

Wanted to mention a few Equipment cards showing as illegal in a Zirda, the Dawnwaker Companion deck. The cards are Executioner's Hood, Grafted Exoskeleton, and Shield of Kaldra, and the deck in question is ecchris962's equipment deck.

I was guessing it was just that they just said "Equip {2}" (or whatever), and the the code that checks Zirda's companion ability expects to see a colon, so I added reminder texts (e.g., {2}: Attach this permanent to target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.) and submitted the cards for review.

But I wanted to mention the issue here in case (1) I'm missing something with these specific cards or (2) there's a larger issue affecting other cards too, with the Zirda code or something else.

Cheers!

clayperce on

4 months ago

ecchris962 -
Your deck is legal, something is just wrong with a few of the cards ...Executioner's Hood, Grafted Exoskeleton, and Shield of Kaldra, are showing in bright red as I type this, which means they're the "illegal" pieces here.

My guess is those cards were entered with just "Equip {2}" (or whatever) and the code that checks for to see if the deck is legal for Zirda expects to see a colon somewhere in there.

I'll try to fix the cards (for future ref, we can do that on the card page and then under settings) and we'll see if that makes a difference ...

Cheers!

ToastedBagl on Burnt Eggs

8 months ago

Shattering Spree, Abrade, Volcanic Fallout (vs tokens), Basilisk Collar, Loxodon Warhammer, and Grafted Exoskeleton would be really helpful for this deck.

TheSlowestBro on Ruhan - Charging Blindly

10 months ago

Thank you for the suggestions, the Grafted Exoskeleton is too evil for my taste though hehe

Mother of Runes I should try to find a slot for. I see there is a Secret Lair version with artwork that fits the overall vibe of the deck quite well

DreadKhan on Ruhan - Charging Blindly

10 months ago

Sometimes people will flip the table, but Grafted Exoskeleton isn't bad with your Commander, one more power and he's a one shot kill, and anything blocking will have a very bad time, even if it's indestructible.

I love Mother of Runes for Voltron lists, her ability can also protect herself.

Another 'maybe your group has a trauma response that will be a problem' card, good old Embercleave is still a degenerate mess.

austintayshus on The Plague Befalls You Deck

1 year ago

All Hail Atraxa +1

Blighted Agent is a fun way to infect opponents

Caress of Phyrexia is kinda mana-costly. It's also a modal card that either draws you three cards or gives an opponent 3 poison counters.

Corrupted Conscience is also fun.

Grafted Exoskeleton is another infect enabler

Phyresis is another infect enabler.

RiotRunner789 on Damn it Patrice!

1 year ago

Recommended cards that aren't black but feel like they should/could be:

The One RingGC: This is black card draw.

Skrelv, Defector Mite: Mostly the phyrexian mana and artwork. Highly useful for the one shot kill.

Suspicious Bookcase: Some of the artwork on this card comes straight from Halloween.

Defiler of Faith: Life as a resource.

Shadowspear: Lore-wise it's a corrupted weapon from the underworld.

Basilisk Collar: Both keywords are common in black.

Blackblade Reforged: Literally a demon's sword.

Nettlecyst: Black token and phyrexian.

Tarrian's Soulcleaver: Graveyard synergy.

Bloodforged Battle-Axe: Mostly artwork/name/flavor.

Grafted Exoskeleton: Black themed downside. Infect in black's wheelhouse.

Bloodthirsty Blade: Blood as a cost.

Blade of the Bloodchief: Death as a benefit.

Quietus Spike: Multiple black creatures have this effect.

Hope that helps.

Mortlocke on Phyrexian Opera : Atraxa

1 year ago

Sorry to spam your page, but just to clarify, all of the aforementioned pump spells only synergize with creatures that have infect. For creatures sporting the neutered Toxic mechanic, i'd highly recommend going the +1/+1 route primarily as it does help both creatures with Toxic and Infect - but splash in some of the really good explosive stuff like Hatred. You can literally hate out an opponent at random. Not to mention it has great synergy with Atraxa as she just gains you all that life back after spending it. No infect? No problem.

Alternatively, if you wanted to go some completely out of left field route, there is a creature in Edge of Eternities that does give all Artifact creatures you control Toxic 2 (technically). BUT this is a leak - so I can't link it or really discuss it at length. The leak does have some credibility is because on Mark Rosewater's Teaser for the set he does say under the "Things to Expect" section "poison card". So if you really desired it, you could go with an Artifact focused poison deck with an equipment like Grafted Exoskeleton.