Pointed Discussion

By far my favorite skeleton card ever made for Magic The Gathering. Mainly because of the awesome art and wicked name.

Good blocker + awesome flavor text.

I love Phyrexian stuff.

it's drudge skeletons under a different name

A drudge skeleton by any other name is just as powerful.

4/5.

I love this card!!! It looks so sweet and is just as good as a drudge skelleton. Though I don't know which artwork I like better, this or the newest drudge, they are both sweet.

So how many versions of Drudge Skeletons are there? There's the original, this, Restless Dead...any others?

@SirMalkin: Between 3 and 7, depending on how you look at it. Let's break it down.

First off, you have the three main "functional clones", i.e. they're the same in all respects except expansion and name. These are:
- Drudge Skeletons
- Restless Dead
- Unworthy Dead

After that you have Walking Dead, which is almost a "functional clone" except that its creature type is "Zombie" rather than "Skeleton" (via errata). This is actually a good thing, given how many cards interact with Zombies vs. how few interact with Skeletons.

Then you come to the versions that are of a completely different color: Drowned and Metathran Zombie. Both of these guys cost {1}{U}, but still have the same "{B}: Regenerate" ability. They're also Zombies rather than Skeletons.

Finally you have the Timeshifted version of Drudge Skeletons, Revered Dead, which is White rather than Black; this includes the cost in the regeneration ability, which is now "{W}: Regenerate".

So, if you go by the ultra-strict interpretation (everything is the same except name) then there's only three. If you allow for some minor differences there can be as many as seven.

Oh yes, and they all are just as awesome as the original.

I personally prefer Kjeldoran Dead. A one drop 3/1 with the same effect. Only down side is having to sac a creature, but early game you'lly probably have a cheap little creature to sac. This is an alright option though.