---
name: "Mortus Strider"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Skeleton"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "GTC"
set_name: "Gatecrash"
collector_number: "179"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Tomasz Jedruszek"
oracle_id: "15af3bd0-022b-472e-b21e-29b925b7692b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mortus-strider-gtc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Mortus Strider
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Skeleton
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
When this creature dies, return it to its owner's hand.

> *Los mejores agentes de los dimir se ocultan hasta de la propia muerte.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tenacious Dead](/printing/tenacious-dead-m14.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior
2. [Sanitarium Skeleton](/printing/sanitarium-skeleton-c19.md) — Creature — Skeleton
3. [Reassembling Skeleton](/printing/reassembling-skeleton-cmm.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior
4. [Persistent Specimen](/printing/persistent-specimen-j25.md) — Creature — Skeleton
5. [Cult Conscript](/printing/cult-conscript-dmu.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior
6. [Champion of Stray Souls](/printing/champion-of-stray-souls-bng.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Gatecrash (GTC) #179
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Tomasz Jedruszek
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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