---
name: "Emperor of Bones"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Skeleton Noble"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Adapt"]
set: "MH3"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 3"
collector_number: "90"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Josh Hass"
oracle_id: "cb70a360-898e-443a-b053-38e35ea2baa2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/emperor-of-bones-mh3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Emperor of Bones
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Skeleton Noble
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Adapt

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of combat on your turn, exile up to one target card from a graveyard.
{1}{B}: 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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Carrionette](/printing/carrionette-tmp.md) — Creature — Skeleton
2. [Fetid Gargantua](/printing/fetid-gargantua-mh3.md) — Creature — Horror
3. [Underworld Sentinel](/printing/underworld-sentinel-thb.md) — Creature — Skeleton Soldier
4. [Reassembling Skeleton](/printing/reassembling-skeleton-cmm.md) — Creature — Skeleton Warrior
5. [Boneclad Necromancer](/printing/boneclad-necromancer-j25.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Bone Dragon](/printing/bone-dragon-pm19.md) — Creature — Dragon Skeleton

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #90
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Josh Hass
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`