Endoskeleton
Artifact
You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step.
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: Target creature gets +0/+3 for as long as this artifact remains tapped.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #27249
Endoskeleton pays two mana and a tap to give any creature +0/+3 until end of turn — a negligible defensive bump that doesn't trade, doesn't remove anything, and doesn't advance a board state. It's unplayable in essentially every context.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Endoskeleton is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality is not a recommendation. In Commander, a slot that costs two mana to deploy and another tap activation just to pump toughness by three is competing against interaction, ramp, and card draw — it loses every time. Legacy and Vintage have access to the most powerful cards ever printed; Endoskeleton doesn't register in either format. There is no shell, synergy package, or fringe use case that makes this worth a deck slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Endoskeleton sits firmly in bulk territory, and nothing about its playability suggests that changes. Acquire it only if a highly specific personal project demands it — otherwise that quarter buys a better card.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.