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Skeleton Ship
Legendary Creature — Skeleton
Color identity: Black · Blue
Average lands in decks for Skeleton Ship: 35
-1/-1 CountersSkeletonsInfectControlComboProliferateVehiclesTap / Untap
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🛠️ Build a deck for Skeleton Ship 📥 Analyze my deck🃏 Recommended cards for Skeleton Ship
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Skeleton Ship, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Nest of Scarabs | 63% | +62% |
| Blowfly Infestation | 57% | +57% |
| Crumbling Ashes | 54% | +54% |
| Necroskitter | 52% | +51% |
| Inexorable Tide | 50% | +47% |
| Tezzeret's Gambit | 50% | +47% |
| Contagion Clasp | 48% | +46% |
| Freed from the Real | 47% | +46% |
| Karn's Bastion | 49% | +46% |
| Thrummingbird | 47% | +44% |
| Mass Diminish | 45% | +43% |
| Contentious Plan | 43% | +41% |
| Massacre Girl, Known Killer | 44% | +41% |
| Contagion Engine | 42% | +41% |
| Flux Channeler | 43% | +40% |
| Grim Affliction | 41% | +40% |
| Experimental Augury | 40% | +38% |
| Polymorphist's Jest | 40% | +38% |
| Ioreth of the Healing House | 38% | +37% |
| Vizier of Tumbling Sands | 38% | +37% |
| Kelpie Guide | 36% | +36% |
| Skeleton Crew | 36% | +36% |
| Horobi, Death's Wail | 35% | +35% |
| Maha, Its Feathers Night | 37% | +35% |
💰 The best cards for your Skeleton Ship deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Blowfly Infestation
- Necroskitter
- Inexorable Tide
- Tezzeret's Gambit
- Contagion Clasp
- Karn's Bastion
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Nest of Scarabs
- Freed from the Real
- Polymorphist's Jest
- Dreamtide Whale
- Pemmin's Aura
- Patriar's Seal
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Crumbling Ashes
- Contagion Engine
- Maha, Its Feathers Night
- Thousand-Year Elixir
- Persistent Constrictor
- Spitting Dilophosaurus
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Skeleton Ship
- Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana nonland permanents you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of nonland permanents you control
- Blowfly Infestation + Nest of Scarabs → Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB
- Ioreth of the Healing House + Vizier of Tumbling Sands → Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control, Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce
- Marvin, Murderous Mimic + Ioreth of the Healing House → Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control, Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce
- Ioreth of the Healing House + Kelpie Guide → Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control, Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce
- Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Nest of Scarabs + Blood Artist → Near-infinite -1/-1 counters, Near-infinite card draw, Near-infinite death triggers, Near-infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite ETB, Near-infinite lifegain triggers, Near-infinite LTB, Near-infinite sacrifice triggers, Near-infinite lifeloss