Reassembling SkeletonutilityBudget$0.32A recursive black creature that keeps coming back from the graveyard, serving a similar grindy resilience role. It is more mana-intensive to recur but repeatedly replaces itself on the board.
BloodghastutilityBudget$1.50Another black recursive creature that returns from the graveyard without needing to be cast again. It’s less about death triggers and more about land drops, but it fills the same attrition role.
Persistent SpecimenutilityBudget$0.23A cheap recursive creature that can return from the graveyard multiple times, helping fuel sacrifice and graveyard loops. It is slower and smaller, but very similar in function.
Sanitarium SkeletonutilityBudget$0.05This creature can repeatedly return to hand from the graveyard, echoing Endless Cockroaches’ self-recursion pattern. It is a smaller, cheaper analogue in the same color.
GravecrawlerutilityBudget$1.98A premier recursive black creature that can be cast again and again from the graveyard under the right conditions. It’s more aggressive than Endless Cockroaches but serves a similar looping role.
Nether Traitorutility$10.90A black recursive creature that can keep coming back from the graveyard, making it useful in sacrifice and attrition strategies. It is more evasive and mana-flexible than Endless Cockroaches.
Tenacious DeadutilityBudget$0.25A low-cost recursive body that can return to the battlefield after dying, enabling repeated value and sacrifice synergies. It is a bit more fragile but plays a similar grindy role.
Mire TritonutilityBudget$0.23While not recursive, it fills a similar black attrition role by stocking the graveyard and gaining life to stabilize. It’s a sturdier board presence but less directly comparable than the recursive options.