Restless Dead

Creature — Skeleton

(Black): Regenerate Restless Dead.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (11)

maxmcnugget on I am become death, destroyer of decks

4 years ago

I am confused about some card choices: Ghostly Touch , Mortus Strider , Restless Dead , and the unblockable creatures like classic: Phantom Warrior . Are the unblockable creatures here so Lazav can become unblockable? Or for cipher/Trepanation Blade/Sword of B&M? Thanks.

Harbinger_of_Eternal_Pain on Skeleton Warriors!!

5 years ago

If you want to use Rimebound Dead just remove Restless Dead and swap your swamps for snow covered swamps, they do the same thing as swamps, but count as snow covered so they work for regenerating Rimebound Dead. This will make your deck better since they're half the cost of Restless dead

xoxoxo on Skeletal Control

6 years ago

Thanks for your advice Austin_Smith_of_Cards, I'm going to try out these changes:

4x Drowned -> 4x Restless Dead

1x Bone Picker -> 1x Skeletal Wurm

1x Gorgon Flail -> 1x Skeletal Wurm

1x Island -> 1x Portent

Skeletal Vampire looks fun and cheap, I might spring for one.

I thought the same thing when I pulled Portent out of my jank box, had never seen this card before, but it seems like a pretty solid stand-in for Ponder. I've found a couple more (total of 3), but not sure what else to cut if anything.

Austin_Smith_of_Cards on Skeletal Control

6 years ago

If you want to go with more of the skeleton theme, I highly suggest including Restless Dead over Drowned since the latter is a Zombie and not a Skeleton.

Portent seems like an interesting take on a Ponder variant that would be useful for early topdeck manipulation; crucial for control.

Your ability to close out games seems kind of narrow, with Bone Picker as your only genuine wincon. I would add a couple fatties like the Skeletal Wurms, or if you want to acquire other cards, Skeletal Vampire and Champion of Stray Souls seem cool.

If you're looking for cut options, Gorgon Flail doesn't really make sense in this list, and you could probably go down to 23 lands.

Happy brewing!

chaus12 on Strictly better list

6 years ago

Urza's saga

Argothian Swine = Wild Elephant = War Mammoth

Blanchwood Treefolk = Plated Wurm

Hollow Dogs = Charging Bandits

Serra Zealot = Tundra Wolves

Spire Owl = Sage Owl

Unworthy Dead = Restless Dead = Drudge Skeletons = Walking Dead

chaus12 on Strictly better list

6 years ago

Mirage

Bay Falcon = Zephyr Falcon

Dwarven Nomad = Dwarven Warriors

Femeref Healer = Samite Healer

Fetid Horror = Hoar Shade

Giant Mantis = Giant Spider

Noble Elephant = War Elephant

Restless Dead = Drudge Skeletons = Walking Dead

Wild Elephant = War Mammoth

Belltyler290 on Esper Zombies

6 years ago

NobleGhost117 i also noticed that Restless Dead seemed out of place lol.(i mean its a zombie and all buuut you know lol) Relentless Dead is a much better choice imo.

NobleGhost117 on Esper Zombies

6 years ago

I like it!

Although i do have one question. You have Restless Dead in your deck, which is a card from Mirage. Did you mean Relentless Dead?