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Skullbriar, the Walking Grave (CMD-227)

PLST · The List · rare

Mana cost
Mana value	2.0
Type	Legendary Creature — Zombie Elemental
Rarity	rare
Colors	B, G
Power / Toughness	1 / 1
EDHREC rank	8939

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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Commander 2011 $1.66 Commander 2011 Launch Party — Commander Anthology Volume II $1.72 The List $1.74 Double Masters 2022 $2.15 Double Masters 2022 —

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• 2011-09-22: The counters that remain on Skullbriar as it changes zones aren't "placed" on Skullbriar. Effects like Doubling Season's and Melira, Sylvok Outcast's won't affect those counters.
• 2011-09-22: Skullbriar's last ability only works if it has that ability in the zone it's moving from. For example, with Yixlid Jailer ("Cards in graveyards lose all abilities") on the battlefield, a Skullbriar with a counter on it in a graveyard loses that counter when it's put onto the battlefield. Conversely, that Skullbriar moving from the graveyard to the battlefield would retain that counter if Humility ("All creatures lose all abilities and are 1/1") were on the battlefield; if Skullbriar then left the battlefield with Humility still on the battlefield, it would lose the counter.
• 2011-09-22: Counters that adjust power and/or toughness affect Skullbriar's power and/or toughness in zones other than the battlefield. For example, a Skullbriar in the command zone with a +1/+1 counter on it will be 2/2.
• 2011-09-22: Effects that last "for as long as that creature has a [kind of] counter on it," such as Aven Mimeomancer's, stop applying to Skullbriar once it leaves the battlefield. Even though Skullbriar retains the counters, it becomes a new object with no relation to its last existence in its previous zone.
• 2011-09-22: If a card becomes a copy of Skullbriar, counters will remain on that card when it leaves the battlefield (unless it goes to your hand or library). Once it does so, it stops being a copy of Skullbriar, so those counters will cease to exist when that card next changes zones.
• 2011-09-22: Skullbriar retains all counters, not just +1/+1 counters.
• 2011-09-22: Skullbriar will get one +1/+1 counter each time it deals combat damage to a player (including you if its combat damage gets redirected), regardless of how much damage is dealt.