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Skullbriar, the Walking Grave

Legendary Creature — Zombie Elemental · {B}{G} · Black/Green commander

Haste Whenever Skullbriar deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Counters remain on Skullbriar as it moves to any zone other than a player's hand or library.

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What Skullbriar, the Walking Grave 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 Skullbriar deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
• Keyword · hastehaste
• AbilityCounters remain on Skullbriar as it moves to any zone other than a player's hand or library.

What a Skullbriar, the Walking Grave deck needs

Plays as voltron. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• evasion and protection for the commander (each hit grows it)
• counter doublers and recursion (its counters survive leaving play)

The Skullbriar, the Walking Grave deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 12× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 8× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
• 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 3× Answer a whole board at once
• 12× Refill your hand
• 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Skullbriar, the Walking Grave

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.

Combos with Skullbriar, the Walking Grave

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Skullbriar, the Walking Grave is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• Skullbriar, the Walking Grave + Athreos, Shroud-Veiled + Altar Of Dementia15 decks
• Skullbriar, the Walking Grave + Athreos, Shroud-Veiled + Ashnod's Altar7 decks
• Skullbriar, the Walking Grave + Illicit Masquerade + Perigee Beckoner + Carrion Feeder7 decks
• Skullbriar, the Walking Grave + Athreos, Shroud-Veiled + Phyrexian Altar5 decks
• Skullbriar, the Walking Grave + Athreos, Shroud-Veiled + Fume Spitter2 decks
• Skullbriar, the Walking Grave + Illicit Masquerade + Perigee Beckoner + Ashnod's Altar2 decks

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