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Sanitarium Skeleton

Creature — Skeleton

{2}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
Core Set 2020
Price
$0.23
EDHREC rank
#10702
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Sanitarium Skeleton card art
Sanitarium Skeleton is a recursive discard outlet that returns itself from the graveyard for two mana, making it a reliable engine piece in decks that want a body in the bin on demand. The rate is unimpressive on its own, but Reflections of Littjara and similar copy effects that care about creature types push it into legitimate territory.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Sanitarium Skeleton occupies a narrow slot — it earns a seat only in Zombie tribal or self-graveyard-matters builds where the recurring discard outlet is worth a card slot. In Pauper, where every mana and card matters more acutely, the two-mana activation cost to return a 1/1 is too slow to see competitive play. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer all have access to far more efficient recursive creatures and discard outlets, so Sanitarium Skeleton doesn't register in any of those formats. It's a Commander card first and a Pauper curiosity at best.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.23 bulk tier

At $0.23, Sanitarium Skeleton is firmly bulk — you're not paying a premium for anything here. The price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is plentiful; don't expect it to move in either direction.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.