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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 (20)
Sorceries (5)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (17)
Instants (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
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Creatures (17)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (15)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
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
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Molt Tender
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Springheart Nantuko
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Haywire Mite
- 1 Deep-Cavern Bat
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1 Night Clubber
- 1 Glissa Sunslayer
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Grief
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Fury
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (5)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 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 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shadowblood Ridge
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (5)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
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
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (8)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Molt Tender
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Springheart Nantuko
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Haywire Mite
- 1 Deep-Cavern Bat
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1 Night Clubber
- 1 Glissa Sunslayer
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Grief
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Fury
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Frenzied Baloth
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (5)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 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 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shadowblood Ridge
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wastewood Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (10)
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 Miscalculation
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Prismari Command
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 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 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (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 Dragonskull Summit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Great Furnace
- 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 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seat of the Synod
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Swamp
- 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
