Art by Amy Weber & Tom Wänerstrand
Skeleton Ship
Legendary Creature — Skeleton
When you control no Islands, sacrifice Skeleton Ship. {T}: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
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Most Played With Skeleton Ship (205)
Sol Ring
80% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
73% of decks · $0.49
Dimir Signet
50% of decks · $0.30
Massacre Girl, Known Killer
45% of decks · $0.58
Mass Diminish
44% of decks · $1.07
Contentious Plan
44% of decks · $0.32
Flux Channeler
43% of decks · $3.03
Contagion Engine
42% of decks · $14.32
Talisman of Dominance
42% of decks · $0.44
Grim Affliction
41% of decks · $0.32
Experimental Augury
40% of decks · $0.21
Polymorphist's Jest
39% of decks · $8.48
Ioreth of the Healing House
39% of decks · $0.34
Maha, Its Feathers Night
38% of decks · $21.20
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
38% of decks · $0.21
Drown in Ichor
37% of decks · $0.79
Dark Ritual
36% of decks · $7.19
Kelpie Guide
36% of decks · $0.39
Skeleton Crew
35% of decks · $0.36
Pemmin's Aura
35% of decks · $10.28
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
34% of decks · $1.58
Swiftfoot Boots
34% of decks
Willbreaker
34% of decks · $1.90
Dreamtide Whale
34% of decks · $3.48
Fatestitcher
34% of decks · $0.79
Black Sun's Zenith
33% of decks · $0.37
Reassembling Skeleton
33% of decks · $0.33
Read the Bones
33% of decks · $0.29
Steady Progress
32% of decks · $0.26
Thousand-Year Elixir
31% of decks · $18.13
Intruder Alarm
31% of decks · $5.75
Whisper of the Dross
31% of decks · $0.30
Illusionist's Bracers
30% of decks · $6.63
Patriar's Seal
30% of decks · $4.18
Flatline
30% of decks · $0.43
Dramatic Reversal
29% of decks · $0.38
Persistent Constrictor
29% of decks · $14.04
Everflowing Chalice
28% of decks · $0.30
Spitting Dilophosaurus
28% of decks · $27.71
Feed the Swarm
26% of decks · $0.24
Gisa, the Hellraiser
25% of decks · $6.37
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
25% of decks · $3.17
Dismiss into Dream
24% of decks · $0.78
Eaten by Piranhas
24% of decks · $0.37
Corpses of the Lost
24% of decks · $0.42
Unstoppable Plan
23% of decks · $2.38
Scheming Aspirant
23% of decks · $0.31
Forsaken Miner
23% of decks · $2.10
Pirate Ship
23% of decks · $0.66
Negate
22% of decks · $0.24
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
21% of decks · $28.56
Fuel for the Cause
21% of decks · $0.38
Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
21% of decks · $12.91
Midnight Banshee
21% of decks · $0.25
Aphetto Alchemist
21% of decks · $6.07
Death Baron
20% of decks · $5.13
Paragon of Open Graves
20% of decks · $0.35
Mind Stone
20% of decks
Refocus
20% of decks · $0.11
Death-Priest of Myrkul
19% of decks · $0.25
Marvin, Murderous Mimic
19% of decks · $4.25
Incremental Blight
19% of decks · $0.25
Toxrill, the Corrosive
19% of decks · $17.56
Guildpact Informant
19% of decks · $0.62
Drudge Skeletons
19% of decks · $0.47
Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
18% of decks · $2.47
Lightning Greaves
18% of decks · $4.00
Emperor of Bones
18% of decks · $1.79
Fellwar Stone
18% of decks
Magewright's Stone
18% of decks · $10.38
Astral Cornucopia
18% of decks · $0.27
Clattering Augur
17% of decks · $0.26
Prologue to Phyresis
17% of decks · $0.89
Demonic Tutor
17% of decks · $69.17
Grave Betrayal
17% of decks · $3.74
Phyrexian Arena
17% of decks · $4.26
Mystic Remora
17% of decks · $15.08
Glaring Spotlight
17% of decks · $2.62
Propaganda
17% of decks · $2.22
Gutterbones
17% of decks · $0.40
Persistent Specimen
16% of decks · $0.23
Cerulean Wisps
16% of decks · $1.49
Arcane Denial
16% of decks · $2.03
Diabolic Tutor
16% of decks · $2.21
Rhystic Study
16% of decks · $69.59
Wayfarer's Bauble
16% of decks · $5.61
Liliana, Death Wielder
16% of decks · $0.43
Toxic Deluge
16% of decks · $5.17
Underworld Sentinel
15% of decks · $0.36
Reject Imperfection
15% of decks · $0.31
Infectious Inquiry
15% of decks · $0.36
Walk the Plank
15% of decks · $0.27
Dimir House Guard
15% of decks · $0.23
Coastal Piracy
14% of decks · $0.29
Black Market
14% of decks · $6.40
Tragic Slip
14% of decks · $0.26
Tenacious Dead
14% of decks · $0.17
Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake
14% of decks · $0.18
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
14% of decks · $0.30
An Offer You Can't Refuse
14% of decks · $3.16
Mortus Strider
13% of decks · $0.21
Brainstorm
13% of decks · $0.57
Viral Drake
13% of decks · $2.17
Clever Conjurer
13% of decks · $0.19
Thornbite Staff
13% of decks · $21.63
Sanitarium Skeleton
12% of decks · $0.16
Revel in Riches
12% of decks · $21.15
Commander's Sphere
12% of decks · $0.34
Thought Vessel
12% of decks
Gutless Plunderer
12% of decks · $0.16
Carrionette
12% of decks · $1.79
Sudden Spoiling
12% of decks · $6.86
Serum Snare
12% of decks · $0.33
Skullclamp
12% of decks · $5.21
Wickersmith's Tools
11% of decks · $0.19
Champion of Stray Souls
11% of decks · $0.34
Blood Artist
11% of decks · $3.84
Ozox, the Clattering King
11% of decks · $0.33
Kathari Remnant
11% of decks · $0.31
Mana Drain
11% of decks · $56.89
Cyclonic Rift
11% of decks · $39.16
Oft-Nabbed Goat
11% of decks · $0.33
Vampiric Tutor
10% of decks · $54.45
Radstorm
10% of decks · $5.41
Second Wind
10% of decks · $1.34
Replicating Ring
10% of decks · $1.58
Loki, God of Mischief
10% of decks · $0.98
High Tide
10% of decks · $1.66
Sign in Blood
10% of decks · $2.74
Tinybones, the Pickpocket
10% of decks · $10.35
Blood for Bones
9% of decks · $0.54
Staff of Compleation
9% of decks · $3.97
Drown in the Loch
9% of decks · $1.64
Vraska's Fall
9% of decks · $0.31
Bone Shards
9% of decks · $0.28
Reanimate
9% of decks · $10.11
Bone to Ash
9% of decks · $0.25
Bone Splinters
9% of decks · $0.21
Skeleton Key
9% of decks · $0.27
Spread the Sickness
9% of decks · $0.22
Swan Song
9% of decks · $10.60
Treasure Cruise
9% of decks · $0.34
Bandit's Haul
8% of decks · $0.23
Insight Engine
8% of decks · $0.99
Windfall
8% of decks · $6.02
The Indomitable
8% of decks · $4.10
Isochron Scepter
8% of decks · $12.71
Black Market Connections
8% of decks · $10.47
Vivisurgeon's Insight
8% of decks · $0.28
Damnation
8% of decks · $21.01
Remove Soul
8% of decks
Bad Moon
8% of decks · $4.20
Phyresis Outbreak
8% of decks · $12.61
March of the Drowned
8% of decks · $0.29
Empowered Autogenerator
8% of decks · $0.30
Fierce Guardianship
8% of decks · $63.65
Subterranean Schooner
8% of decks · $0.33
Charcoal Diamond
8% of decks · $0.35
Skeletal Scrying
8% of decks · $0.42
Ponder
8% of decks · $3.58
Vanquisher's Banner
8% of decks · $5.55
Fate Transfer
7% of decks · $0.36
Crab Umbra
7% of decks · $0.41
Soul Manipulation
7% of decks · $0.34
Countersquall
7% of decks · $0.91
Withering Torment
7% of decks · $1.58
Bone Harvest
7% of decks · $0.29
Cowardice
7% of decks · $0.53
Serrated Arrows
7% of decks · $0.51
Virulent Wound
7% of decks · $0.24
Chart a Course
7% of decks · $0.14
Patchwork Banner
7% of decks · $2.79
Altar of Bhaal
6% of decks
Intimidation Campaign
6% of decks · $0.21
Corrupted Conscience
6% of decks · $0.51
Capsize
6% of decks
Night's Whisper
6% of decks · $6.25
Fell the Profane
6% of decks
Village Rites
6% of decks · $0.99
Opt
6% of decks · $0.27
Terror
6% of decks · $0.27
Haunted One
6% of decks · $5.55
Sky Diamond
6% of decks · $0.25
Retreat to Coralhelm
6% of decks · $0.41
Vat Emergence
6% of decks · $0.32
Breaking Wave
6% of decks · $0.70
Sink into Stupor
6% of decks
Liliana's Influence
6% of decks · $0.28
Boneyard Parley
6% of decks · $0.34
Midnight Clock
6% of decks · $0.57
Waterlogged Teachings
6% of decks
Animate Dead
6% of decks · $7.00
Deadly Rollick
6% of decks · $28.68
Ashnod's Altar
6% of decks · $16.88
Glistening Sphere
6% of decks · $13.19
Muddle the Mixture
5% of decks · $2.76
Fell Flagship
5% of decks · $0.38
Pirate's Prize
5% of decks · $0.19
Dusk Legion Dreadnought
5% of decks · $0.25
Altar of the Wretched
5% of decks
Fact or Fiction
5% of decks · $0.25
Sword of Truth and Justice
5% of decks · $33.25
Expedition Map
5% of decks · $1.44
Kindred Discovery
5% of decks · $4.87
Conqueror's Galleon
5% of decks
New Cards
Lich's Relic
5% of decks · $1.20
Theorix Charm
4% of decks · $0.24
Elven Raft-Steerer
3% of decks · $0.26
Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
2% of decks · $8.95
Turbulent Wetlands
2% of decks · $3.47
Creatures (50)
Massacre Girl, Known Killer
45% of decks · $0.58
Flux Channeler
43% of decks · $3.03
Ioreth of the Healing House
39% of decks · $0.34
Maha, Its Feathers Night
38% of decks · $21.20
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
38% of decks · $0.21
Kelpie Guide
36% of decks · $0.39
Skeleton Crew
35% of decks · $0.36
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
34% of decks · $1.58
Willbreaker
34% of decks · $1.90
Dreamtide Whale
34% of decks · $3.48
Fatestitcher
34% of decks · $0.79
Reassembling Skeleton
33% of decks · $0.33
Persistent Constrictor
29% of decks · $14.04
Spitting Dilophosaurus
28% of decks · $27.71
Gisa, the Hellraiser
25% of decks · $6.37
Scheming Aspirant
23% of decks · $0.31
Forsaken Miner
23% of decks · $2.10
Pirate Ship
23% of decks · $0.66
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
21% of decks · $28.56
Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
21% of decks · $12.91
Midnight Banshee
21% of decks · $0.25
Aphetto Alchemist
21% of decks · $6.07
Death Baron
20% of decks · $5.13
Paragon of Open Graves
20% of decks · $0.35
Death-Priest of Myrkul
19% of decks · $0.25
Marvin, Murderous Mimic
19% of decks · $4.25
Toxrill, the Corrosive
19% of decks · $17.56
Guildpact Informant
19% of decks · $0.62
Drudge Skeletons
19% of decks · $0.47
Emperor of Bones
18% of decks · $1.79
Clattering Augur
17% of decks · $0.26
Gutterbones
17% of decks · $0.40
Persistent Specimen
16% of decks · $0.23
Underworld Sentinel
15% of decks · $0.36
Dimir House Guard
15% of decks · $0.23
Tenacious Dead
14% of decks · $0.17
Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake
14% of decks · $0.18
Mortus Strider
13% of decks · $0.21
Viral Drake
13% of decks · $2.17
Clever Conjurer
13% of decks · $0.19
Sanitarium Skeleton
12% of decks · $0.16
Gutless Plunderer
12% of decks · $0.16
Carrionette
12% of decks · $1.79
Champion of Stray Souls
11% of decks · $0.34
Blood Artist
11% of decks · $3.84
Ozox, the Clattering King
11% of decks · $0.33
Kathari Remnant
11% of decks · $0.31
Oft-Nabbed Goat
11% of decks · $0.33
Loki, God of Mischief
10% of decks · $0.98
Tinybones, the Pickpocket
10% of decks · $10.35
Instants (48)
Grim Affliction
41% of decks · $0.32
Experimental Augury
40% of decks · $0.21
Polymorphist's Jest
39% of decks · $8.48
Dark Ritual
36% of decks · $7.19
Steady Progress
32% of decks · $0.26
Whisper of the Dross
31% of decks · $0.30
Flatline
30% of decks · $0.43
Dramatic Reversal
29% of decks · $0.38
Negate
22% of decks · $0.24
Fuel for the Cause
21% of decks · $0.38
Refocus
20% of decks · $0.11
Prologue to Phyresis
17% of decks · $0.89
Cerulean Wisps
16% of decks · $1.49
Arcane Denial
16% of decks · $2.03
Reject Imperfection
15% of decks · $0.31
Tragic Slip
14% of decks · $0.26
An Offer You Can't Refuse
14% of decks · $3.16
Brainstorm
13% of decks · $0.57
Sudden Spoiling
12% of decks · $6.86
Serum Snare
12% of decks · $0.33
Mana Drain
11% of decks · $56.89
Cyclonic Rift
11% of decks · $39.16
Vampiric Tutor
10% of decks · $54.45
Radstorm
10% of decks · $5.41
High Tide
10% of decks · $1.66
Drown in the Loch
9% of decks · $1.64
Vraska's Fall
9% of decks · $0.31
Bone to Ash
9% of decks · $0.25
Swan Song
9% of decks · $10.60
Remove Soul
8% of decks
Fierce Guardianship
8% of decks · $63.65
Skeletal Scrying
8% of decks · $0.42
Fate Transfer
7% of decks · $0.36
Soul Manipulation
7% of decks · $0.34
Countersquall
7% of decks · $0.91
Withering Torment
7% of decks · $1.58
Bone Harvest
7% of decks · $0.29
Virulent Wound
7% of decks · $0.24
Capsize
6% of decks
Fell the Profane
6% of decks
Village Rites
6% of decks · $0.99
Opt
6% of decks · $0.27
Terror
6% of decks · $0.27
Sink into Stupor
6% of decks
Waterlogged Teachings
6% of decks
Deadly Rollick
6% of decks · $28.68
Muddle the Mixture
5% of decks · $2.76
Fact or Fiction
5% of decks · $0.25
Sorceries (32)
Mass Diminish
44% of decks · $1.07
Contentious Plan
44% of decks · $0.32
Drown in Ichor
37% of decks · $0.79
Black Sun's Zenith
33% of decks · $0.37
Read the Bones
33% of decks · $0.29
Feed the Swarm
26% of decks · $0.24
Incremental Blight
19% of decks · $0.25
Demonic Tutor
17% of decks · $69.17
Diabolic Tutor
16% of decks · $2.21
Toxic Deluge
16% of decks · $5.17
Infectious Inquiry
15% of decks · $0.36
Walk the Plank
15% of decks · $0.27
Sign in Blood
10% of decks · $2.74
Blood for Bones
9% of decks · $0.54
Bone Shards
9% of decks · $0.28
Reanimate
9% of decks · $10.11
Bone Splinters
9% of decks · $0.21
Spread the Sickness
9% of decks · $0.22
Treasure Cruise
9% of decks · $0.34
Windfall
8% of decks · $6.02
Vivisurgeon's Insight
8% of decks · $0.28
Damnation
8% of decks · $21.01
Phyresis Outbreak
8% of decks · $12.61
March of the Drowned
8% of decks · $0.29
Ponder
8% of decks · $3.58
Chart a Course
7% of decks · $0.14
Night's Whisper
6% of decks · $6.25
Vat Emergence
6% of decks · $0.32
Breaking Wave
6% of decks · $0.70
Liliana's Influence
6% of decks · $0.28
Boneyard Parley
6% of decks · $0.34
Pirate's Prize
5% of decks · $0.19
Utility Artifacts (26)
Contagion Engine
42% of decks · $14.32
Swiftfoot Boots
34% of decks
Thousand-Year Elixir
31% of decks · $18.13
Illusionist's Bracers
30% of decks · $6.63
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
25% of decks · $3.17
Lightning Greaves
18% of decks · $4.00
Magewright's Stone
18% of decks · $10.38
Glaring Spotlight
17% of decks · $2.62
Wayfarer's Bauble
16% of decks · $5.61
Thornbite Staff
13% of decks · $21.63
Skullclamp
12% of decks · $5.21
Skeleton Key
9% of decks · $0.27
Insight Engine
8% of decks · $0.99
The Indomitable
8% of decks · $4.10
Isochron Scepter
8% of decks · $12.71
Subterranean Schooner
8% of decks · $0.33
Vanquisher's Banner
8% of decks · $5.55
Serrated Arrows
7% of decks · $0.51
Altar of Bhaal
6% of decks
Ashnod's Altar
6% of decks · $16.88
Fell Flagship
5% of decks · $0.38
Dusk Legion Dreadnought
5% of decks · $0.25
Altar of the Wretched
5% of decks
Sword of Truth and Justice
5% of decks · $33.25
Expedition Map
5% of decks · $1.44
Conqueror's Galleon
5% of decks
Mana Artifacts (21)
Sol Ring
80% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
73% of decks · $0.49
Dimir Signet
50% of decks · $0.30
Talisman of Dominance
42% of decks · $0.44
Patriar's Seal
30% of decks · $4.18
Everflowing Chalice
28% of decks · $0.30
Mind Stone
20% of decks
Fellwar Stone
18% of decks
Astral Cornucopia
18% of decks · $0.27
Commander's Sphere
12% of decks · $0.34
Thought Vessel
12% of decks
Wickersmith's Tools
11% of decks · $0.19
Replicating Ring
10% of decks · $1.58
Staff of Compleation
9% of decks · $3.97
Bandit's Haul
8% of decks · $0.23
Empowered Autogenerator
8% of decks · $0.30
Charcoal Diamond
8% of decks · $0.35
Patchwork Banner
7% of decks · $2.79
Sky Diamond
6% of decks · $0.25
Midnight Clock
6% of decks · $0.57
Glistening Sphere
6% of decks · $13.19
Enchantments (26)
Pemmin's Aura
35% of decks · $10.28
Intruder Alarm
31% of decks · $5.75
Dismiss into Dream
24% of decks · $0.78
Eaten by Piranhas
24% of decks · $0.37
Corpses of the Lost
24% of decks · $0.42
Unstoppable Plan
23% of decks · $2.38
Grave Betrayal
17% of decks · $3.74
Phyrexian Arena
17% of decks · $4.26
Mystic Remora
17% of decks · $15.08
Propaganda
17% of decks · $2.22
Rhystic Study
16% of decks · $69.59
Coastal Piracy
14% of decks · $0.29
Black Market
14% of decks · $6.40
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
14% of decks · $0.30
Revel in Riches
12% of decks · $21.15
Second Wind
10% of decks · $1.34
Black Market Connections
8% of decks · $10.47
Bad Moon
8% of decks · $4.20
Crab Umbra
7% of decks · $0.41
Cowardice
7% of decks · $0.53
Intimidation Campaign
6% of decks · $0.21
Corrupted Conscience
6% of decks · $0.51
Haunted One
6% of decks · $5.55
Retreat to Coralhelm
6% of decks · $0.41
Animate Dead
6% of decks · $7.00
Kindred Discovery
5% of decks · $4.87
Planeswalkers (2)
Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
18% of decks · $2.47
Liliana, Death Wielder
16% of decks · $0.43
Utility Lands (20)
Karn's Bastion
49% of decks
Bojuka Bog
35% of decks
Arcane Lighthouse
26% of decks
Reliquary Tower
23% of decks
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
22% of decks
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
19% of decks
Dreadship Reef
17% of decks
Mystic Sanctuary
13% of decks
Accursed Duneyard
12% of decks
Spawning Pool
11% of decks
Detection Tower
11% of decks
Rogue's Passage
10% of decks
Cabal Coffers
9% of decks
Lonely Sandbar
9% of decks
Coral Atoll
9% of decks
Otawara, Soaring City
9% of decks
Restless Reef
7% of decks
Temple of the False God
7% of decks
Lotus Field
5% of decks
Grasping Dunes
5% of decks
Lands (40)
Swamp
95% of decks
Island
95% of decks
Command Tower
72% of decks
Sunken Hollow
60% of decks
Drowned Catacomb
53% of decks
Watery Grave
46% of decks
Shipwreck Marsh
40% of decks
Dimir Aqueduct
40% of decks
Choked Estuary
35% of decks
Tainted Isle
32% of decks
Temple of Deceit
29% of decks
Morphic Pool
29% of decks
Underground River
28% of decks
Polluted Delta
27% of decks
Fetid Pools
26% of decks
Myriad Landscape
24% of decks
Darkwater Catacombs
22% of decks
Evolving Wilds
22% of decks
Exotic Orchard
17% of decks
Undercity Sewers
16% of decks
Terramorphic Expanse
16% of decks
Gloomlake Verge
15% of decks
Contaminated Aquifer
15% of decks
Underground Sea
13% of decks
Clearwater Pathway
13% of decks
Dismal Backwater
12% of decks
Path of Ancestry
12% of decks
Sunken Ruins
12% of decks
Darkslick Shores
10% of decks
Ice Tunnel
9% of decks
Submerged Boneyard
9% of decks
Jwar Isle Refuge
7% of decks
Fabled Passage
7% of decks
Fell the Profane
6% of decks
Snow-Covered Island
6% of decks
Sink into Stupor
6% of decks
Snow-Covered Swamp
6% of decks
Waterlogged Teachings
6% of decks
River of Tears
6% of decks
Dimir Guildgate
5% of decks
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Public Decks with Skeleton Ship
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Decks built with Skeleton Ship on Mana Forge (0)
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