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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 (26)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (9)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (40)
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Grief
- 1 Ursine Monstrosity
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Generous Ent
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Molt Tender
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (6)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Forest
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Nurturing Peatland
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Thornspire Verge
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Instants (7)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (7)
Instants (32)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Prismari Command
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Terminate
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
- 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 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 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 (17)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Grief
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Cosmogoyf
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (8)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Mutavault
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Pendelhaven
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 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 Nethergoyf
- 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 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
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Floodpits Drowner
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Molt Tender
- 1 Nadu, Winged Wisdom
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Springheart Nantuko
- 1 Haywire Mite
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Night Clubber
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Tower Winder
- 1 Wall of Roots
- 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
- 1 Tribute Mage
- 1 Trinket Mage
- 1 Harvester of Misery
- 1 Undermountain Adventurer
- 1 Fallen Shinobi
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Baleful Strix
Sorceries (6)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (38)
- 1 Barkchannel Pathway
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Botanical Sanctum
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Darkwater Catacombs
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 2 Forest
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Island
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Starting Town
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 1 Dark Confidant
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
- 1 Ainok Strike Leader
- 1 Archivist of Oghma
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
- 1 Tithe Taker
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Archfiend's Vessel
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
- 1 Benevolent Bodyguard
- 1 Esper Sentinel
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Ocelot Pride
- 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
- 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
Sorceries (17)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (35)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Brightclimb Pathway
- 1 Cabal Pit
- 1 Castle Locthwain
- 1 Caves of Koilos
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Concealed Courtyard
- 1 Eiganjo Castle
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Fetid Heath
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Great Arashin City
- 1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Shattered Sanctum
- 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
- 1 Silent Clearing
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Bloodtithe Harvester
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Kellogg, Dangerous Mind
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Anje's Ravager
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Fury
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
- 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blightstep Pathway
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Dragonskull Summit
- 1 Graven Cairns
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mount Doom
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
- 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Spymaster's Vault
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
