The Skeleton King is a Champion card that is unlocked from the Executioner's Kitchen (Arena 16). He is an area damage, melee troop with high hitpoints and moderate damage. He is immune to knockback by anything but The Log. Being a Champion card, he will stay out of the player's card cycle while he is deployed, and only return once he is destroyed. While the Skeleton King is on the field, any troops which die will be turned into “souls” which are collected by him. The Skeleton King's ability spawns Skeletons in a radius around him, dependent on how many souls he has collected. The Skeleton King appears as a Skeleton wearing a menacingly large dark breastplate, a kilt, and a team-colored belt like the Mega Knight along with a club (like Dark Prince's one but longer), cape, sandals, and a crown. A Skeleton King card costs 4 Elixir to deploy, and his ability costs an additional 2 Elixir to activate.