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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 (17)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Formidable Speaker
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Noble Hierarch
- 1 Territorial Kavu
- 1 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Esper Sentinel
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Ocelot Pride
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 City of Brass
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 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 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (14)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Grief
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Sorceries (4)
Instants (33)
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 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 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (36)
- 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 Crystal Vein
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 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 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Fury
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (4)
Instants (34)
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Consider
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
- 1 Daze
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
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 Crystal Vein
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 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 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
Instants (7)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (7)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (7)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (8)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (8)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (7)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Floodpits Drowner
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Rhys, the Evermore
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Aang, Swift Savior
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Grief
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Ertai Resurrected
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Toby, Beastie Befriender
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Overlord of the Floodpits
- 1 Quantum Riddler
- 1 Astelli Reclaimer
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
- 1 Steel Seraph
- 1 Phyrexian Fleshgorger
- 1 Moonshadow
- 1 Stalactite Stalker
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Lightstall Inquisitor
- 1 Ocelot Pride
Sorceries (5)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (12)
Lands (36)
- 1 Adarkar Wastes
- 1 Agna Qel'a
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Bojuka Bog
- 1 Cave of the Frost Dragon
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 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 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Fury
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (4)
Instants (34)
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Consider
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
- 1 Daze
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
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 Crystal Vein
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 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 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Fury
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (4)
Instants (34)
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Consider
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Flame of Anor
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unholy Heat
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
- 1 Daze
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Pyrokinesis
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Tarfire
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
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 Crystal Vein
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 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 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Starting Town
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
