---
name: "Duty-Bound Dead"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Skeleton"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Exalted", "Heal", "Regenerate"]
set: "M13"
set_name: "Magic 2013"
collector_number: "92"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Johannes Voss"
oracle_id: "44ee7def-6de3-473a-a0ae-6cac1b00dab4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/duty-bound-dead-m13"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Duty-Bound Dead
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Skeleton
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/2
- **Keywords:** Exalted, Heal, Regenerate

## Oracle Text
Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
{3}{B}: Regenerate this creature. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Drudge Skeletons](/printing/drudge-skeletons-9ed.md) — Creature — Skeleton
2. [Asphodel Wanderer](/printing/asphodel-wanderer-ths.md) — Creature — Skeleton Soldier
3. [Restless Dead](/printing/restless-dead-mir.md) — Creature — Skeleton
4. [Unworthy Dead](/printing/unworthy-dead-usg.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Skeleton
5. [Kjeldoran Dead](/printing/kjeldoran-dead-6ed.md) — Creature — Skeleton
6. [Rimebound Dead](/printing/rimebound-dead-csp.md) — Snow Creature — Skeleton

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2013 (M13) #92
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Johannes Voss
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`