Skeleton Crew — Graveyard Harbor Command
Skeleton Crew is a compact engine for any black graveyard deck that leans into pirate themes and token recursion. The card name frames its role neatly. For three and a black you get a 3 3 body that jams well into early skirmishes and scales as your board fills with Skeletons or Pirates. The continuous buff to other Skeletons and Pirates makes it an obvious inclusion in tribal shells where each additional creature increases both offense and threat density.
The triggered ability that creates a 2 2 black Skeleton Pirate when one or more creature cards leave your graveyard is a subtle piece of synergy that rewards deliberate recursion and self mill. The activated ability for five and a black returns Skeleton Crew from your graveyard tapped so you can recover a key piece after a board sweep. Practical, efficient and suited to decks that trade tempo for inevitability, this card is a steady backbone for commanders that exploit graveyard interactions and token value.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost — {3}{B}
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Card Type — Creature
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Subtypes — Skeleton Pirate
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) — Each other creature you control that is 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 Skeleton Crew from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
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Power / Toughness — 3/3
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Rarity — Rare
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Set — Commander: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
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Language — English
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Condition — Near Mint