---
name: "Skeletal Kathari"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Bird Skeleton"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Regenerate"]
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "88"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "5bcb63b4-6236-45c5-884d-188f8f5e8f02"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/skeletal-kathari-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Skeletal Kathari
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Skeleton
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Flying, Regenerate

## Oracle Text
Flying
{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate this creature.

> *Auch als Untote suchen die Kathari weiter nach Aas und entfernen fleißig Leichen aus dem Bodensatz.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wake of Vultures](/printing/wake-of-vultures-ema.md) — Creature — Bird
2. [Marrow Bats](/printing/marrow-bats-avr.md) — Creature — Bat Skeleton
3. [Kjeldoran Dead](/printing/kjeldoran-dead-6ed.md) — Creature — Skeleton
4. [Kathari Remnant](/printing/kathari-remnant-pc2.md) — Creature — Bird Skeleton
5. [Drudge Skeletons](/printing/drudge-skeletons-9ed.md) — Creature — Skeleton
6. [Pteron Ghost](/printing/pteron-ghost-dst.md) — Creature — Dinosaur Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #88
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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