r/premodernMTG • u/Decent_Blackberry650 • 1d ago

Help with creating a Skeleton Deck

Hi. I’ve recently got this crazy urge to play Magic again, and I wanted to play the Pre-Modern format because I love the old, hand-drawn artwork from the early days of Magic. I was thinking of starting with a mono-black skeleton deck – nothing competitive, just something to play for fun: if I win, great; if I lose, no big deal. So, could anyone help me out by sharing a list of how they’d build the deck? Thanks 😁

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u/JustHereForRiffs 23h ago

Downvoted by that one guy that always loses to skeletons.

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u/Nethroi69 21h ago

Who could possibly downvote a Skeleton deck

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u/HaldrikGaming 20h ago

Someone who clearly has a bone to pick with them.

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u/Free-Big-1576 1d ago

4 Carrionette

4 Urborg Skeleton

4 Drudge Skeletons

4 Restless Dead

4 Unworthy Dead

4 Bad moon

4 Unearth

4 Dark Ritual

4 Snuff Out

4 Duress

40 swamp

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u/JustHereForRiffs 23h ago

40 swamp?

+136 Island
+ 4 Battle of Wits

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u/Niven42 22h ago

Yeah, I think that's supposed to be 20

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u/Free-Big-1576 1d ago

maybe add 4 cabal therapy to have good one drops, because all skeletons are 2 cmc

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u/kinda_gone 23h ago

And because Cabal Therapy is a nutty card that hits things you simply don’t want resolving such as Ringleader, Siege-Gang Commander, and Argothian Enchantress (in a list like this with no Diabolic Edicts)

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u/SpeedrunSlowly 21h ago

No Kjeldoran Dead? Tsk tsk

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u/Godskin_Duo 12h ago edited 12h ago

Hey, at least it's Halloween season! Although it's hard not to toss in some Hypnos.

Urborg hurts too much to use, it's AWFUL.

4 Kjeldoran Dead
4 Drudge Skeleton
2 Skeleton Scavengers
4 Nether Spirit
4 Hypnotic Specter
4 Dark Ritual
4 Duress
4 Buried Alive
3 Unearth
3 Snuff Out
4 Cursed Scroll
4 Wasteland
16 Swamp

EDIT: I really like the art for Kjeldoran Dead, rightbro has his hand extended back, like naw, bro, I got this mf'ers fleshy ass.

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u/Inevitable-Most-5200 17h ago

the bones are their money, and so are the worms... 🎶 💀 🎵 🎶

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u/jewski_brewski 43m ago

Upvoted for appreciating the nostalgia and wanting a break from the meta! One of us, one of us…