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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 | 211 | 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 (22)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (32)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (41)
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Haywire Mite
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Dark Confidant
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Glissa Sunslayer
- 1 Honest Rutstein
- 1 Cankerbloom
- 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
- 1 Mosswood Dreadknight
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
- 1 Springheart Nantuko
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Wall of Roots
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Eternal Witness
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Plague Engineer
- 1 Grief
- 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
- 1 Skyfisher Spider
- 1 The Swarmweaver
- 1 Sentinel of the Nameless City
- 1 Massacre Girl
- 1 Sowing Mycospawn
- 1 Undermountain Adventurer
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Boreal Druid
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Gilded Goose
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Strangleroot Geist
Sorceries (7)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkbore Pathway
- 1 Deathcap Glade
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 5 Forest
- 1 Forest
- 1 Khalni Garden
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mirrex
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Nurturing Peatland
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Pendelhaven
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Shifting Woodland
- 1 Swamp
- 3 Swamp
- 1 Twilight Mire
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Woodland Cemetery
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Sinister Concierge
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Trinket Mage
- 1 Ertai Resurrected
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Harvester of Misery
- 1 Primaris Eliminator
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (7)
Instants (29)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Gollum's Bite
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (33)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seat of the Synod
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 10 Snow-Covered Island
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 1 Blade of the Oni
- 1 Caustic Bronco
- 1 Dark Confidant
- 1 Deep-Cavern Bat
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Nullpriest of Oblivion
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
- 1 Bloodsoaked Champion
- 1 Cauldron Familiar
- 1 Cult Conscript
- 1 Dread Wanderer
- 1 Evolved Sleeper
- 1 Forsaken Miner
- 1 Gutterbones
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Stalactite Stalker
- 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
- 1 Bloodghast
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
- 1 Gatekeeper of Malakir
- 1 Gifted Aetherborn
- 1 Icehide Golem
Sorceries (12)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Castle Locthwain
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Concealed Courtyard
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains
- 22 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Haywire Mite
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Dark Confidant
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Dinosaur Egg
- 1 Springheart Nantuko
- 1 Tarmogoyf
- 1 Wall of Roots
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Eternal Witness
- 1 Acererak the Archlich
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- 1 Skyfisher Spider
- 1 Tranquil Frillback
- 1 Massacre Girl
- 1 Wight of the Reliquary
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Fiend Artisan
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Boreal Druid
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Gilded Goose
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Strangleroot Geist
Sorceries (12)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (39)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Blooming Marsh
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkbore Pathway
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 8 Forest
- 1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
- 1 Llanowar Wastes
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Nurturing Peatland
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Shifting Woodland
- 4 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Twilight Mire
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Woodland Cemetery
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Nadu, Winged Wisdom
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Aragorn, King of Gondor
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 White Plume Adventurer
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Dennick, Pious Apprentice
- 1 Pippin, Guard of the Citadel
Sorceries (7)
Instants (22)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Daze
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Demonic Consultation
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Enchantments (4)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 City of Brass
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Path of Ancestry
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
- 1 Caustic Bronco
- 1 Dark Confidant
- 1 Deep-Cavern Bat
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Graveyard Trespasser
- 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
- 1 Ophiomancer
- 1 Preacher of the Schism
- 1 Grief
- 1 Sheoldred
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Evolved Sleeper
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
- 1 Gifted Aetherborn
Sorceries (12)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (39)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Bojuka Bog
- 1 Cabal Coffers
- 1 Cabal Stronghold
- 1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 11 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 8 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 6 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Cave
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 War Room
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (22)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Night's Whisper
- 1 Grim Tutor
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Invoke Despair
- 1 Balance
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Beseech the Queen
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Insatiable Avarice
- 1 Reanimate
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Unearth
- 1 Damn
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
- 1 Sign in Blood
Instants (13)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (35)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
