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Emperor of Bones

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3 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Emperor of Bones, Modern Horizons 3 printing
Modern Horizons 3 MH3 · No. 453 2024-06-14

Card text

{1}{B}
Creature — Skeleton Noble
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.
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Keywords: Adapt
EDHREC rank #5420 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 3 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

6 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

Finality counters aren't keyword counters, and a finality counter doesn't give any abilities to the permanent it's on. If that permanent loses its abilities and then would go to a graveyard, it will still be exiled instead.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

If any permanent with a finality counter on it would go to a graveyard from the battlefield, exile it instead.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

Finality counters don't stop permanents from going to zones other than the graveyard from the battlefield. For example, if a permanent with a finality counter on it would be put into its owner's hand from the battlefield, it does so normally.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

You can always activate an ability that will cause a creature to adapt. As that ability resolves, if the creature has a +1/+1 counter on it for any reason, you simply won't put any +1/+1 counters on it.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

Multiple finality counters on a single permanent are redundant.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

If a creature somehow loses all of its +1/+1 counters, it can adapt again and get more +1/+1 counters.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

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