Arcane Foundry › Commanders › Bebop, Skull & Crossbones

Bebop, Skull & Crossbones

Legendary Creature — Boar Mutant · {1}{B} · Black commander

Partner with Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder (When this creature enters, target player may put Rocksteady into their hand from their library, then shuffle.) Deathtouch Whenever Bebop deals combat damage to a player, you may draw X cards, where X is the number of counters on Bebop. If you do, you lose X life.

Build a Bebop, Skull & Crossbones deck →

What Bebop, Skull & Crossbones actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · deals_damageWhenever Bebop deals combat damage to a player, you may draw X cards, where X is the number of counters on Bebop. If you do, you lose X life.
• Keyword · partner withpartner with
• Keyword · partnerpartner
• Keyword · deathtouchdeathtouch

What a Bebop, Skull & Crossbones deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

• 12× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 3× Answer a whole board at once
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 12× Refill your hand
• 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Bebop, Skull & Crossbones

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

Build this deck in the Arcane Forge →

Arcane Foundry is free to join and every tool is included: the Arcane Forge deck builder, the ARCANE Analyzer that scores a deck by simulating games rather than counting staples, a card scanner, a collection vault, and live webcam Commander tables. Read the guide · Browse all commanders · Pricing