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Bad to the Bone
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Est deck cost: $210.39
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Commander

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Marchesa, the Black Rose

Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) Other creatures you control have dethrone. Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Marchesa, the Black Rose (sld) 1452

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Creature

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Bone Dragon

Flying {3}{B}{B}, Exile seven other cards from your graveyard: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Bone Dragon (m19) 88
Carnage Gladiator

Whenever a creature blocks, that creature's controller loses 1 life. {1}{B}{R}: Regenerate this creature.

Creature
Carnage Gladiator (mm3) 155
Drudge Skeletons

{B}: Regenerate this creature. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Creature
Drudge Skeletons (gvl) 36
Flameskull

Flying This creature can't block. Rejuvenation — When this creature dies, exile it. If you do, exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play one of those cards. (If you cast Flameskull this way, you can't play the other card, and vice versa.)

Creature
Flameskull (afr) 143
Ghastly Death Tyrant

When this creature enters, choose one — • Disintegration Ray — Destroy target enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to its mana value. • Death Ray — Creatures you control gain deathtouch until end of turn.

Creature
Ghastly Death Tyrant (clb) 127
Hunted Bonebrute

Menace When this creature enters, target opponent creates two 1/1 white Dog creature tokens. When this creature dies, each opponent loses 3 life. Disguise {1}{B}

Creature
Hunted Bonebrute (mkm) 87
Kathari Remnant

Flying {B}: Regenerate this creature. Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

Creature
Kathari Remnant (plst) PCA-98
Manor Skeleton

Haste {1}{B}: Regenerate this creature.

Creature
Manor Skeleton (isd) 106
Marrow Bats

Flying Pay 4 life: Regenerate this creature.

Creature
Marrow Bats (c13) 82
Mortus Strider

When this creature dies, return it to its owner's hand.

Creature
Mortus Strider (gtc) 179
Restless Dead

{B}: Regenerate this creature.

Creature
Restless Dead (mir) 138
Skeletal Crocodile

Creature
Skeletal Crocodile (por) 110
Skeletal Wurm

{B}: Regenerate this creature.

Creature
Skeletal Wurm (roe) 127
Skeleton Archer

When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature
Skeleton Archer (2x2) 90
Skeleton Scavengers

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. Pay {1} for each +1/+1 counter on this creature: Regenerate this creature. When it regenerates this way, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Skeleton Scavengers (sth) 70
Skeleton Ship

When you control no Islands, sacrifice Skeleton Ship. {T}: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

Creature
Skeleton Ship (ice) 301
Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake

Vigilance, menace Descend 8 — {4}{U}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Activate only if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard and only as a sorcery. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)

Creature
Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake (lci) 242
Unworthy Dead

{B}: Regenerate this creature.

Creature
Unworthy Dead (usg) 163

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Protection

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Not Dead After All

Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control, then create a Wicked Role token attached to it." (Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this token is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Instant
Not Dead After All (woe) 101
Skeletal Grimace

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has "{B}: Regenerate this creature."

Enchantment
Skeletal Grimace (isd) 116

Protection

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Removal

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (fdn) 160
Bone Shards

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or discard a card. Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Sorcery
Bone Shards (mh2) 76
Bone to Ash

Counter target creature spell. Draw a card.

Instant
Bone to Ash (m20) 48
Carrionette

{2}{B}{B}: Exile this card and target creature unless that creature's controller pays {2}. Activate only if this card is in your graveyard.

Creature
Carrionette (tmp) 111
Eaten by Piranhas

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a black Skeleton creature with base power and toughness 1/1. (It loses all other colors, card types, and creature types.)

Enchantment
Eaten by Piranhas (lci) 54
Incinerate

Incinerate deals 3 damage to any target. A creature dealt damage this way can't be regenerated this turn.

Instant
Incinerate (cst) 194
Skeletonize

Skeletonize deals 3 damage to target creature. When a creature dealt damage this way dies this turn, create a 1/1 black Skeleton creature token with "{B}: Regenerate this token."

Instant
Skeletonize (a25) 149
Skull Storm

When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. Each opponent who can't loses half their life, rounded up.

Sorcery
Skull Storm (c18) 18
Tragic Slip

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Morbid — That creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead if a creature died this turn.

Instant
Tragic Slip (j22) 74

Removal

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Anthem

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Bad Moon

Black creatures get +1/+1.

Enchantment
Bad Moon (plst) DDD-48
Corpses of the Lost

Skeletons you control get +1/+0 and have haste. When this enchantment enters, create a 2/2 black Skeleton Pirate creature token. At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn, you may pay 1 life. If you do, return this enchantment to its owner's hand. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.)

Enchantment
Corpses of the Lost (lci) 98
Icon of Ancestry

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1. {3}, {T}: Look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card of the chosen type from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Artifact
Icon of Ancestry (40k) 242
Obelisk of Urd

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +2/+2.

Artifact
Obelisk of Urd (znc) 115
Paragon of Open Graves

Other black creatures you control get +1/+1. {2}{B}, {T}: Another target black creature you control gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Creature
Paragon of Open Graves (m15) 111
Skeleton Crew

Each other creature you control that's a Skeleton or Pirate gets +1/+1. Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, create a 2/2 black Skeleton Pirate creature token. (This ability triggers only from the battlefield.) {5}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Skeleton Crew (lcc) 53
Vanquisher's Banner

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1. Whenever you cast a creature spell of the chosen type, draw a card.

Artifact
Vanquisher's Banner (plst) XLN-251

Anthem

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Discard

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Lightning Skelemental

Trample, haste Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards two cards. At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.

Creature
Lightning Skelemental (mh1) 208
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar

Whenever an opponent discards a card, exile it from their graveyard with a stash counter on it. During your turn, you may play cards you don't own with stash counters on them from exile, and mana of any type can be spent to cast those spells. {3}{B}, {T}: Each opponent discards a card. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar (fdn) 72

Discard

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Pump

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Bone Saw

Equipped creature gets +1/+0. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Bone Saw (brr) 70

Pump

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Tokens

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Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant

Flying, haste Whenever Bladewing deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, for each creature card in your graveyard, create a 2/2 black Zombie Knight creature token with menace.

Creature
Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant (dmc) 9
Death Tyrant

Menace Negative Energy Cone — Whenever an attacking creature you control or a blocking creature an opponent controls dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. {5}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Death Tyrant (afc) 23

Tokens

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Artifact

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Visage of Dread

Artifact
Visage of Dread // Dread Osseosaur (lci) 129Visage of Dread // Dread Osseosaur (lci) 129

Artifact

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Draw

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Clattering Augur

This creature can't block. When this creature enters, you draw a card and you lose 1 life. {2}{B}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Clattering Augur (mh2) 79
Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Read the Bones (cmm) 182
Skeletal Scrying

As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile X cards from your graveyard. You draw X cards and you lose X life.

Instant
Skeletal Scrying (plst) C14-162
Skeleton Key

Equipped creature has skulk. (It can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.) Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card. Equip {2}

Artifact
Skeleton Key (soi) 263

Draw

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (m3c) 283
Charcoal Diamond

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}.

Artifact
Charcoal Diamond (clb) 305
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (lcc) 301
Dimir Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Artifact
Dimir Signet (rvr) 256
Patchwork Banner

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Patchwork Banner (blb) 247
Rakdos Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Artifact
Rakdos Signet (rvr) 265
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (lcc) 317

Ramp

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Counters

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Feast on the Fallen

At the beginning of each upkeep, if an opponent lost life last turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Enchantment
Feast on the Fallen (j22) 68

Counters

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Land

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Bloodstained Mire

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Bloodstained Mire (ktk) 230
Choked Estuary

As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Choked Estuary (woc) 155
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (pip) 787
Crumbling Necropolis

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.

Land
Crumbling Necropolis (brc) 179
Darkwater Catacombs

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Land
Darkwater Catacombs (woc) 157
Foreboding Ruins

As this land enters, you may reveal a Swamp or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Foreboding Ruins (scd) 300
Geothermal Bog

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) This land enters tapped.

Land
Geothermal Bog (dmu) 247
Gloomlake Verge

{T}: Add {U}. {T}: Add {B}. Activate only if you control an Island or a Swamp.

Land
Gloomlake Verge (dsk) 260
Grixis Panorama

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Grixis Panorama (ncc) 407
Ice Tunnel

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) This land enters tapped.

Land
Ice Tunnel (khm) 262
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (lci) 395
Maestros Theater

When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

Land
Maestros Theater (snc) 251
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (lci) 399
Polluted Delta

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Polluted Delta (ktk) 239
Smoldering Marsh

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Smoldering Marsh (cmm) 1036
Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Sunken Hollow (woc) 168
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (lci) 397
Temple of Epiphany

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Temple of Epiphany (cmm) 1042
Three Tree City

As Three Tree City enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to the number of creatures you control of the chosen type.

Land
Three Tree City (blb) 260
Thriving Moor

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than black. {T}: Add {B} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Moor (cmm) 433
Undercity Sewers

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) This land enters tapped. When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Undercity Sewers (mkm) 270

Land

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Recursion

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Champion of Stray Souls

{3}{B}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice X other creatures: Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. {5}{B}{B}: Put this card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Creature
Champion of Stray Souls (c19) 109
Cult Conscript

This creature enters tapped. {1}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only if a non-Skeleton creature died under your control this turn.

Creature
Cult Conscript (dmu) 88
Emperor of Bones

At the beginning of combat on your turn, exile up to one target card from a graveyard. {1}{B}: Adapt 2. Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, put a creature card exiled with this creature onto the battlefield under your control with a finality counter on it. It gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Emperor of Bones (mh3) 90
Forsaken Miner

This creature can't block. Whenever you commit a crime, you may pay {B}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)

Creature
Forsaken Miner (otj) 88
Persistent Specimen

{2}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Persistent Specimen (vow) 125
Reassembling Skeleton

{1}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Reassembling Skeleton (cmm) 183
Sanitarium Skeleton

{2}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Sanitarium Skeleton (cmr) 148
Tenacious Dead

When this creature dies, you may pay {1}{B}. If you do, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control.

Creature
Tenacious Dead (bbd) 163
Underworld Sentinel

Whenever this creature attacks, exile target creature card from your graveyard. When this creature dies, put all cards exiled with it onto the battlefield.

Creature
Underworld Sentinel (thb) 293

Recursion

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Maybeboard

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Augur of Skulls

{1}{B}: Regenerate this creature. Sacrifice this creature: Target player discards two cards. Activate only during your upkeep.

Creature
Augur of Skulls (fut) 63
Skeletal Snake

Creature
Skeletal Snake (por) 111

Maybeboard

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