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Skeletal Kathari

{4}{B}

Creature — Bird Skeleton

ALAShards of Alara#88common
Foil

Undeath doesn't end the kathari's search for carrion; it only removes one corpse from the Dregscape.

Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 896
Illustrator
Carl Critchlow
Found in
Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption · Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Flying {B}, Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate this creature.
3/2
Flying

Plays as: Regeneration

Market · per finishspark updated 53m ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.09
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil-11.9%
$0.37
$0.11 low$0.03 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.09· across 1 printing

Rulings

1 · latest Oct 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    You may sacrifice Skeletal Kathari to pay for its own regeneration ability. If you do, however, it won’t regenerate. It’ll just end up in its owner’s graveyard as a result of the sacrifice.