Urborg Skeleton
Creature — Skeleton
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
: Regenerate this creature.
If this creature was kicked, it enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #24944
Urborg Skeleton is a 1/1 with kicker that can regenerate itself — playable, but never exciting. The ceiling is a marginal blocker that survives one removal spell; the floor is a one-mana 1/1 with no immediate impact, and neither end of that range earns a slot in competitive Commander.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Urborg Skeleton sees essentially no competitive play anywhere it's legal. In Pauper, where every mana and body is scrutinized, a 1/1 regenerator doesn't threaten enough to matter. Legacy and Vintage give it access to the most powerful tables in the game, which only makes its stats look worse by comparison. Commander is where it might theoretically slot into a sacrifice or graveyard shell — regeneration does dodge some board wipes — but the power bar is simply too high for a vanilla-sized creature that asks you to hold up mana just to keep it alive.
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Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Urborg Skeleton at the moment, but as a bulk common from an older set it almost certainly sits at or below $0.25. There's no competitive demand pushing that number anywhere meaningful, so grab it out of a bulk bin if a specific deck calls for it rather than hunting it down.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.