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Skullclamp
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Skullclamp

uncommon · Artifact — Equipment · Darksteel
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Oracle Text

Equipped creature gets +1/-1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards.
Equip {1}

Card Details

-/-Power / Toughness
{1}Mana Cost
29Prints

Character Background

Skullclamp reads like a grim little reliquary that literally squeezes knowledge from the fallen: equip a creature for one mana, and when it dies you draw two cards. Mechanically it is a brutally efficient value engine best suited to token, aristocrat, and combo-style decks that deliberately produce small bodies to sacrifice; it’s less useful in pure aggro or control shells that want their creatures to stick around. Practical deckbuilding tip: include lots of 1/1 token generators and at least one cheap sacrifice outlet so you can reliably turn disposable creatures into card advantage — treat Skullclamp as part of your card-drawing suite rather than a combat enhancer, since the +1/-1 profile often kills the thing it’s attached to. Don’t waste it on indestructible or high-toughness threats, and prioritize cards with enter- or death-trigger synergy so the cards you draw keep fueling the next resource conversion.

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Character Background

Skullclamp reads like a grim little reliquary that literally squeezes knowledge from the fallen: equip a creature for one mana, and when it dies you draw two cards. Mechanically it is a brutally efficient value engine best suited to token, aristocrat, and combo-style decks that deliberately produce small bodies to sacrifice; it’s less useful in pure aggro or control shells that want their creatures to stick around. Practical deckbuilding tip: include lots of 1/1 token generators and at least one cheap sacrifice outlet so you can reliably turn disposable creatures into card advantage — treat Skullclamp as part of your card-drawing suite rather than a combat enhancer, since the +1/-1 profile often kills the thing it’s attached to. Don’t waste it on indestructible or high-toughness threats, and prioritize cards with enter- or death-trigger synergy so the cards you draw keep fueling the next resource conversion.

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