Manor Skeleton
Creature — Skeleton
Haste
: Regenerate this creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #20406
Manor Skeleton is a 1/3 with lifelink that costs two mana to reanimate itself from the graveyard — a minor speed bump, not a threat. It occupies a slot better filled by anything that advances a board state rather than just stalling one.
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 |
Manor Skeleton is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, the recursive body is too small and too slow to matter — two mana per rebuy on a 1/3 is a tax no one wants to pay when the format is defined by four-mana sorceries that take over the game. In Pauper, where tempo and board presence are fought for at common rarity, it gets slightly more consideration as a grindy blocker in life-gain shells, but it still competes poorly against commons that do more per mana. Forget Legacy, Modern, and Vintage entirely — Manor Skeleton is a draft card that wandered into constructed.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Manor Skeleton is deep bulk — it costs more to sleeve than to buy. Don't expect that to change; recursive vanilla bodies at this power level don't spike.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.