---
name: "Unworthy Dead"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Skeleton"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Regenerate"]
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "163"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "7454e2cf-5ef2-4623-bac7-c375fd230595"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/unworthy-dead-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Unworthy Dead
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Skeleton
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Regenerate

## Oracle Text
{B}: Regenerate this creature.

> *"Great Yawgmoth moves across the seas of shard and bone and rust. We exalt him in life, in death, and in between."
—*Phyrexian Scriptures**

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Restless Dead](/printing/restless-dead-mir.md) — Creature — Skeleton
2. [Drudge Skeletons](/printing/drudge-skeletons-9ed.md) — Creature — Skeleton
3. [Asphodel Wanderer](/printing/asphodel-wanderer-ths.md) — Creature — Skeleton Soldier
4. [Phyrexian Monitor](/printing/phyrexian-monitor-plst.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Skeleton
5. [Skeletal Wurm](/printing/skeletal-wurm-roe.md) — Creature — Skeleton Wurm
6. [Rimebound Dead](/printing/rimebound-dead-csp.md) — Snow Creature — Skeleton

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #163
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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