Bone Mask
Artifact
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: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. Exile cards from the top of your library equal to the damage prevented this way.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.89
- EDHREC rank
- #29185
Bone Mask lets you exile cards from your library to prevent damage — a novel effect, but paying mana and sacrificing future draws to dodge hits is a losing trade in almost every game state. It sees play almost exclusively in decks that actively want cards in exile, not as a protection tool.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bone Mask is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, the four-mana artifact investment plus the per-damage activation cost adds up fast — you're draining resources to prevent damage rather than advancing your board, which is a losing proposition against most tables. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient protection and combo pieces, so Bone Mask never enters serious consideration there. Oathbreaker is the one format where niche self-exile synergies might justify a slot, but even there it's a long stretch.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.89 bulk tier
At $0.89, Bone Mask sits at the high end of bulk — you're paying a small premium for a card with a genuinely unique effect rather than raw power. The price reflects collector curiosity more than demand, and it's unlikely to move meaningfully in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.