Clattering Skeletons
Creature — Skeleton
When this creature dies, venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #18320
Clattering Skeletons enters as three 1/1 Skeleton tokens — immediate board presence at three mana — and that token count is exactly what Acererak the Archlich needs to clear dungeon ventures in a single cast. It's a role-player, not a staple: narrow enough that you only want it if you're building around that specific engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Acererak the Archlich
Acererak the Archlich bounces itself until dungeons are complete, and Clattering Skeletons front-loads three bodies to sacrifice toward those venture triggers — making it one of the cleaner ways to accelerate through Dungeon of the Mad Mage in a single turn cycle.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Clattering Skeletons is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive demand outside Commander is effectively zero — three 1/1s for three mana doesn't clear the bar in any 60-card format where token efficiency is measured in fractions of a mana. In Commander it's a narrow fit, useful almost exclusively in dungeon-matters or aristocrats shells that need a cheap burst of bodies. Pauper is technically legal but the card sees no play there either; common-slot token producers with better stats crowd it out.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Clattering Skeletons sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — demand is too narrow to move the needle. Grab it out of a bulk box rather than paying shipping for a single copy.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.