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Skeletons are with two exceptions | Skeletons are, with two exceptions in <c>Viashino Skeleton</c> and <c>Golgari Grave-Troll</c>, a mono-[[Black]] aligned "race". All multicolored Skeletons are all also partially black, though <c>Deathless Knight</c> can be cast for all-green. Skeletons were intertwined with the mechanical ability to keep coming back, originally closely associated with the ability [[Regeneration]] until its deprecation - now [[R&D]] tends to give them some kind of limited self [[reanimation]].<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/151424762013/hey-maro-its-my-birthday-so-could-i-get-some|title=Some trivia about Skeletons?|October 06, 2016}}</ref> | ||
Most often Skeletons are of [[Human]] origin, but that subtype is never added. This is | Most often Skeletons are of [[Human]] origin, but that subtype is never added. This is shared with [[Zombie]], [[Spirit]] and [[Illusion]] as being both a race and a class. Known Skeletons include <c title="Dragons">Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon</c>, <c title="Crocodiles">Skeletal Crocodile</c>, <c title="Snakes">Skeletal Snake</c>, <c title="Wurms">Skeletal Wurm</c> and <c title="Walls">Wall of Bone</c>. | ||
==Altered Chinese art== | ==Altered Chinese art== | ||
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55 cards
as of Modern Horizons 2 76.4%  1.8%  1.8%  5.5%  5.5%  1.8%  7.3% |
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A Skeleton is comprised of the bones of a creature. In Magic, the creature type is used for cards that depict the magically animated bones of deceased creatures.
Description
Skeletons are, with two exceptions in Viashino Skeleton and Golgari Grave-Troll, a mono-Black aligned "race". All multicolored Skeletons are all also partially black, though Deathless Knight can be cast for all-green. Skeletons were intertwined with the mechanical ability to keep coming back, originally closely associated with the ability Regeneration until its deprecation - now R&D tends to give them some kind of limited self reanimation.[1]
Most often Skeletons are of Human origin, but that subtype is never added. This is shared with Zombie, Spirit and Illusion as being both a race and a class. Known Skeletons include Dragons, Crocodiles, Snakes, Wurms and Walls.
Altered Chinese art
The People's Republic of China frowns on the public display of human or humanoid skeletons and Magic cards are no exception. For this reason the artwork of many Chinese-language cards depicting skeletons, though not necessarily of the type skeleton, had to be altered to make it possible to sell the product.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] This practice was abandoned for Shards of Alara. While skeletons are still not exactly "polite," they have turned more into an unlucky symbol that the older generation reacts much more strongly to than the younger, games-playing population.[11]
Notable Skeletons
- Dominaria
- The Skeleton Ship, apparently reanimated by Lim-Dûl during the Ice Age
- Tinybones[12]
- New Phyrexia
- Theros
- Deathless soldiers called phylaskia guard the borders of The Underworld.[13]
Trivia
- In the Sixth Edition the creature type Dead (Kjeldoran Dead) was obsoleted, and changed to Skeleton.
- Grafted Exoskeleton, Endoskeleton and Skeleton Shard are artifacts, not Skeletons.
- The manland Spawning Pool can become a 1/1 black Skeleton creature with ": Regenerate this creature" until end of turn.
- The horror Innistrad block was especially suited for the use of skeletons.[14]
Tokens
| Token Name | Color | Type Line | P/T | Text Box | Source | Printings |
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| Skeleton | Black | Creature — Skeleton | 1/1 | |||
| Black | Creature — Skeleton | 1/1 | : Regenerate this creature.
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| Black | Creature — Skeleton | 2/1 | ||||
| Black | Creature — Skeleton | 4/1 | Menace | |||
| Skeleton Pirate | Black | Creature — Skeleton Pirate | 2/2 |
| Token Name | Color | Type Line | P/T | Text Box | Source | Printings |
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| Skeleton | Black | Creature — Skeleton | 1/1 | When this creature dies, each opponent gains 2 life. |
| Token Name | Color | Type Line | P/T | Text Box | Source | Printings |
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| Reassembling Skeleton | Black | Creature — Skeleton Warrior | 1/1 | (This is a token card which doesn't cease to exist in a zone other than the battlefield and has a  mana cost.): Return Reassembling Skeleton from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
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References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (October 06, 2016). "Some trivia about Skeletons?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (March 13, 2002). "Chinese Skeletons (Urza's Saga and Sixth Edition)". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (February 12, 2002). "Chinese art (Seventh Edition)". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Worth Wollpert (April 18, 2005). "Ask Wizards". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (November 14, 2005). "Alternate Chinese Art in Ravnica, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (November 30, 2005). "Alternate Chinese Art in Ravnica, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (December 14, 2005). "Alternate Chinese Art in Ravnica, Part 3". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (February 23, 2006). "Alternate Chinese Art in Guildpact, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (March 06, 2006). "Alternate Chinese Art in Guildpact, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (April, 2005). "Ask Wizards - April, 2005". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (November 13, 2008). "Ask Wizards?". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (June 22, 2020). "The Lore of Jumpstart on the Cards". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Flavor text for Underworld Sentinel
- ↑ Monty Ashley (October 04, 2011). "Sketches: Manor Skeleton". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
