Emperor of Bones

Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #453 · Rare · Creature — Skeleton Noble

Mana cost: {1}{B}

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.

Power/toughness 2/2 · Illustrated by Josh Hass · Released June 14, 2024

Prices

Nonfoil price over the last 90 days: up $0.12 USD (3.4%) to $3.65 USD; low $3.28 USD, high $4.29 USD.

Printings

  1. Modern Horizons 3 #453 (this printing) · Rare · 2024 · $3.65 USD
  2. Modern Horizons 3 #90 (MH3) · Rare · 2024 · $1.68 USD
  3. Modern Horizons 3 Promos #90s (PMH3) · Rare · 2024 · $4.95 USD foil

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2024-06-07 · wotc — 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.
  2. 2024-06-07 · wotc — If any permanent with a finality counter on it would go to a graveyard from the battlefield, exile it instead.
  3. 2024-06-07 · wotc — 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.
  4. 2024-06-07 · wotc — 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.
  5. 2024-06-07 · wotc — Multiple finality counters on a single permanent are redundant.
  6. 2024-06-07 · wotc — If a creature somehow loses all of its +1/+1 counters, it can adapt again and get more +1/+1 counters.

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  2. Auntie Ool, Cursewretch · in 6% of 48 decks

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