Myrkul, Lord of Bones
Legendary Creature — God
As long as your life total is less than or equal to half your starting life total, Myrkul has indestructible.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, you may exile it. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's an enchantment and loses all other card types.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #9657
Myrkul, Lord of Bones turns every non-token creature death into a persistent enchantment copy, effectively making your board state nearly impossible to fully answer with conventional removal. The cost is real — five mana and a life-payment trigger mean he rewards decks already built around sacrifice and recursion, not just stapled onto any midrange pile.
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 |
Commander is where Myrkul, Lord of Bones lives — a five-mana legendary creature who demands a dedicated build around creature death and enchantment payoffs fits the 100-card singleton format perfectly, and the graveyard-to-enchantment conversion generates inevitability over long games. In Legacy and Vintage he's technically legal but sees no meaningful play; the formats move too fast for a five-mana do-nothing-when-he-enters threat with no immediate board impact. Oathbreaker is legal but the 60-card singleton constraint makes the critical mass of sacrifice outlets harder to assemble.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Myrkul, Lord of BonesBarrenton Medic
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to permanents you control; Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you; Lock
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Myrkul, Lord of BonesOndu SpiritdancerEidolon of Blossoms
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite copies of a specific creature
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Myrkul, Lord of BonesOndu SpiritdancerSetessan Champion
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite copies of a specific creature
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Myrkul, Lord of BonesOndu SpiritdancerArchon of Sun's Grace
Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite copies of a specific creature
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Current price
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Current pricing data isn't available for Myrkul, Lord of Bones, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. As a mythic legendary from a Commander-focused product with narrow but devoted appeal, prices tend to reflect its niche demand rather than broad format adoption.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.