Cinderbones
Creature — Elemental Skeleton
Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
: Regenerate this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #19471
Cinderbones is a 1/1 Skeleton for one black mana with menace and regenerate — a persistent, evasive blocker that demands two blockers to trade and keeps coming back for a single black mana. The floor is low and the ceiling never gets high; it's a role-player in aristocrats and recursion shells, not a build-around.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Cinderbones fills a narrow slot: cheap recursive fodder for sacrifice engines and death-trigger commanders who want bodies that don't stay dead. In Pauper, the combination of menace and regenerate on a one-drop gives aggressive black decks a resilient attacker that punishes light removal, making it a credible inclusion in mono-black skeletons or aristocrats lists. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the rate simply doesn't compete. Cinderbones is a card that finds its best home in lower-power Commander pods or Pauper, where a recurring one-drop with evasion actually pulls weight.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Cinderbones is pure bulk — you're not paying a premium for anything here. It won't hold or gain value, but it also costs you almost nothing to slot in if the effect fits your build.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.