Emperor of Bones
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Emperor of Bones {1}{B}

Creature — Skeleton Noble · 2/2 · Rare · Modern Horizons 3 · #90

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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SetNumberRarityCard KingdomFoil
Modern Horizons 390Rare$2.79$3.49
Modern Horizons 3453Rare$4.49$7.99
Modern Horizons 3 Promos90sRare—$5.49
6 rulings from Wizards of the Coast
  1. 7 June 2024Finality 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. 7 June 2024If any permanent with a finality counter on it would go to a graveyard from the battlefield, exile it instead.
  3. 7 June 2024Finality 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. 7 June 2024You 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. 7 June 2024Multiple finality counters on a single permanent are redundant.
  6. 7 June 2024If a creature somehow loses all of its +1/+1 counters, it can adapt again and get more +1/+1 counters.