---
name: "Skeleton Key"
mana_cost: "{1}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Artifact — Equipment"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Equip"]
set: "SOI"
set_name: "Shadows over Innistrad"
collector_number: "263"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Daniel Ljunggren"
oracle_id: "328834f6-1f49-417a-a2d6-d430b8dca177"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/skeleton-key-soi"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Skeleton Key
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip

## Oracle Text
Equipped creature has skulk. (It can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
Equip {2}

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mystery Key](/printing/mystery-key-clb.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Mask of Riddles](/printing/mask-of-riddles-arb.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Skullclamp](/printing/skullclamp-c14.md) — Artifact — Equipment
4. [Specter's Shroud](/printing/specters-shroud-dst.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Original Skullclamp](/printing/original-skullclamp-unk.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [Whispersilk Cloak](/printing/whispersilk-cloak-c16.md) — Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #263
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Daniel Ljunggren
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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