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Emperor of Bones 
Creature — Skeleton Noble
Oracle Text
At the beginning of combat on your turn, exile up to one target card from a graveyard.
: Adapt 2.
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, put a creature card exiled with this creature onto the battlefield under your control with a finality counter on it. It gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
: Adapt 2.
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, put a creature card exiled with this creature onto the battlefield under your control with a finality counter on it. It gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.Format Legality
ModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Emperor of Bones, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern | 33 | 3 | 430 | 2.8 |
| Duel Commander | 3 | 1 | 210 | 1 |
| Legacy | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.3 |
Details
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 2
- Collector #
- 453
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Emperor of Bones
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Instants (6)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (30)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Abrade
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Terminate
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seat of the Synod
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (4)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (8)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (8)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (30)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Abrade
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Terminate
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seat of the Synod
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (30)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Abrade
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Terminate
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seat of the Synod
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Fury
- 1 Grief
- 1 Kellogg, Dangerous Mind
- 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Simian Spirit Guide
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Anger
- 1 Baleful Strix
Sorceries (13)
Instants (21)
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Prismari Command
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
- 1 Terminate
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Stifle
Artifacts (2)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (11)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Gut, True Soul Zealot
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Generous Ent
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Eagles of the North
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Ocelot Pride
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 City of Brass
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Path of Ancestry
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Temple Garden
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (8)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (30)
- 1 Abrade
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Terminate
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (2)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seat of the Synod
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (20)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Exhume
- 1 Lively Dirge
- 1 Persist
- 1 Unmarked Grave
- 1 Buried Alive
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Show and Tell
- 1 Lórien Revealed
- 1 Bone Shards
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Careful Study
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
Instants (22)
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Bitter Triumph
- 1 Cabal Ritual
- 1 Shallow Grave
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Flash
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Corpse Dance
- 1 Saw in Half
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Sacrifice
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Tainted Indulgence
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Lands (36)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Hollow
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Svyelunite Temple
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 6 Swamp
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
