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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 (34)
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Undermountain Adventurer
- 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 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Gilded Goose
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (8)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Cragcrown Pathway
- 1 Darkbore Pathway
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Pendelhaven
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (16)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (37)
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- 1 Grief
- 1 Murderous Redcap
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
- 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Ocelot Pride
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Clifftop Retreat
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Concealed Courtyard
- 1 Dragonskull Summit
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Elegant Parlor
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Inspiring Vantage
- 1 Isolated Chapel
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Sundown Pass
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Undermountain Adventurer
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Generous Ent
- 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 Gilded Goose
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (8)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Cragcrown Pathway
- 1 Darkbore Pathway
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Pendelhaven
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (3)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Barrin, Tolarian Archmage
- 1 Charming Prince
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
- 1 Spirited Companion
- 1 Wall of Omens
- 1 Flickerwisp
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Jill, Shiva's Dominant
- 1 Spellseeker
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Loran of the Third Path
- 1 Beza, the Bounding Spring
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Restoration Angel
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (6)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (9)
Planeswalkers (8)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Midgar, City of Mako
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Gate
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 2 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Undermountain Adventurer
- 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 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Gilded Goose
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (8)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Cragcrown Pathway
- 1 Darkbore Pathway
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Pendelhaven
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Hope of Ghirapur
- 1 Dark Confidant
- 1 Deep-Cavern Bat
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
- 1 Ainok Strike Leader
- 1 Ambrosia Whiteheart
- 1 Lord Jyscal Guado
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
- 1 Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
- 1 Urdnan, Dromoka Warrior
- 1 Cecil, Dark Knight
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Tinybones, the Pickpocket
- 1 Basri, Tomorrow's Champion
- 1 Benevolent Bodyguard
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Kytheon, Hero of Akros
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Ocelot Pride
- 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
- 1 Zack Fair
- 1 Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
- 1 Jirina, Dauntless General
- 1 Judge Magister Gabranth
- 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
- 1 Tidehollow Sculler
- 1 Zahur, Glory's Past
- 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Barad-dûr
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Brightclimb Pathway
- 1 Caves of Koilos
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Concealed Courtyard
- 1 Eiganjo Castle
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flagstones of Trokair
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Minas Tirith
- 1 Plaza of Heroes
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
- 1 Silent Clearing
- 5 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 The Black Gate
- 1 Tomb of Urami
- 1 Urborg
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
- 4 Emperor of Bones
- 2 Orcish Bowmasters
- 2 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 2 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Aven Interrupter
- 1 Flickerwisp
- 1 Flickerwisp
- 2 Flickerwisp
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
- 2 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 2 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 4 Witch Enchanter
- 4 Solitude
- 1 White Orchid Phantom
Sorceries (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (33)
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Orim's Cure
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Contagion
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Murderous Cut
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Hydroblast
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (34)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Concealed Courtyard
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Undermountain Adventurer
- 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 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Gilded Goose
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Mawloc
Sorceries (8)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Cragcrown Pathway
- 1 Darkbore Pathway
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Forest
- 1 Karplusan Forest
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Pendelhaven
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
