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| 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 |
| Planechase | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Quest Magic | Legal |
| Vanguard | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
Skeleton Ship
Legendary Creature — Skeleton
When you control no Islands, sacrifice Skeleton Ship.
Tap: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
GorramScoundrel on
Doomsday [Primer]
1 year ago
Really like this deck, very different and full of nastiness. I get the importance of inside jokes but I think Skeleton Ship can be replaced with something that might help the theme of your deck, even if you don’t rely on the guy. I think Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy with Scion of Halaster as a background would fit perfect as a Dimir commander piling death and destruction.
legendofa on SKELETONS!
1 year ago
As far as color goes, black is vital. Green is probably the next best, for Skeletal Swarming if nothing else. Red isn't critical, but offers options like Flameskull, Lightning Skelemental, and the new Gut, True Soul Zealot. Blue is weak; Demilich is okay in a spell-heavy build, and Skeleton Ship and Mortus Strider have good art. White has virtually nothing for skeletons specifically, but Brave the Sands and Mark of Asylum and that sort of thing is useful if you have a lot of regenerators.
legendofa on Which tribes do you think …
2 years ago
Skeletons. There are too many options for Zombies, and the only in-tribe options for the better undead are Skeleton Ship, which is thematic but underpowered, Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon, which is better for infect, and Tinybones, Trinket Thief, which is better for discard. There's no card that can take advantage of the cheap regeneration that was a Skeleton specialty for so long, and they don't really have an identity right now aside from "subpar Zombies."
Assassins. Maybe a joint Rogue-Assassin commander would work. They're one of those tribes that shows up in a couple of sets each year and sit in utility/removal roles. I'm hoping for another legendary Assassin in Streets of New Capenna; most of the current ones are just variations of mass or repeatable creature kill. If it gives the tribe some more options and opportunities, even better.
Plants. My botanical training is crying at the lack of representation, cohesion, and taxonomical precision. If there can be a big block o' magic as the keystone for your army, why not a non-Treefolk plant on the scale of Pando or the Methuselah tree as a rallying point or icon?
Mercenaries. This is more of a flavor selection, but there aren't any legendary mercs, and it hits the notes for a "ragtag band of misfits and brigands" deck. Also, the Cateran ability provides a little bit of framework to build around and expand.
tiffanyann on Unique Commanders
2 years ago
SEND DECK PICS.
BOAT TRIBAL
Deck must contain MAINLY cards with boats in the art.
Nautical jokes like Iceberg mentioned by FormOverFunction are a MUST include.
One or two krakens.
Aaaand a little bit of -1/-1 jank but not to much.
I'm doing this.
Dumb combo ideas welcome.
You guys are awesome.
tiffanyann on Unique Commanders
2 years ago
Skeleton Ship all boats would be the coolest
Ancient Carp Bomat Bazaar Barge Coastal Piracy Dandan Deadeye Navigator The Omenkeel
Etc.
Scytec on FormOverFunction
2 years ago
Mind if i brag a little bit about something really cool i got a few years ago? I contacted Amy Weber because i heard some artists sell prints of their MtG art to see if she did that. She didn't at the time but she had just posted an ebay listing for an artist proof drawing she did in the back of one of the cards WotC sent her. The cool thing about the artists proofs is they have a white back, so she hand painted a neat little rendition of the Skeleton Ship art on the back of one of her Italian proofs of skeleton ship and i got to buy it. I asked her to sign both sides and she did. It remains my favorite thing in my collection.
FormOverFunction on Unique Commanders
2 years ago
Scytec I’m so excited to see someone talk about Skeleton Ship! That was my commander for my UB natural disaster deck, before I finally merged a bunch of them together into a WUBRG Natural Disasters!. That art is such a stellar example of The Old Weird from the long-ago times.
