---
name: "Skeleton Crew"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Skeleton Pirate"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "LCC"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander"
collector_number: "85"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Camille Alquier"
oracle_id: "2536750c-3c4f-4e00-b517-680ad4fd2ecc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/skeleton-crew-lcc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Skeleton Crew
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Skeleton Pirate
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
Each other creature you control that's a Skeleton or Pirate gets +1/+1.
Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, create a 2/2 black Skeleton Pirate creature token. (This ability triggers only from the battlefield.)
{5}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Corpses of the Lost](/printing/corpses-of-the-lost-plci.md) — Enchantment
2. [Skeletal Swarming](/printing/skeletal-swarming-prm.md) — Enchantment
3. [Death-Priest of Myrkul](/printing/death-priest-of-myrkul-afr.md) — Creature — Tiefling Cleric
4. [Reassembling Skeleton](/printing/reassembling-skeleton-cmm.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior
5. [A-Death-Priest of Myrkul](/printing/a-death-priest-of-myrkul-afr.md) — Creature — Tiefling Cleric
6. [Cult Conscript](/printing/cult-conscript-dmu.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #85
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Camille Alquier
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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