---
name: "Skeleton Ship"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Skeleton"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "ME2"
set_name: "Masters Edition II"
collector_number: "197"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Amy Weber & Tom Wänerstrand"
oracle_id: "8c85887d-5935-46ec-a075-dc9f5133bb96"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/skeleton-ship-me2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Skeleton Ship
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Skeleton
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/3

## Oracle Text
When you control no Islands, sacrifice Skeleton Ship.
{T}: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

> *"The sea gives up her dead as easily as the soil."
—Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pirate Ship](/printing/pirate-ship-3ed.md) — Creature — Human Pirate
2. [Merchant Ship](/printing/merchant-ship-arn.md) — Creature — Human
3. [Skeleton Crew](/printing/skeleton-crew-lcc.md) — Creature — Skeleton Pirate
4. [Harbor Bandit](/printing/harbor-bandit-m13.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
5. [Seasinger](/printing/seasinger-me1.md) — Creature — Merfolk
6. [Steam Frigate](/printing/steam-frigate-p02.md) — Creature — Human Pirate

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition II (ME2) #197
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Amy Weber & Tom Wänerstrand
- **Total Printings:** 7 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`