Throne of Bone
Artifact
Whenever a player casts a black spell, you may pay 
. If you do, you gain 1 life.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Classic Sixth Edition
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #23627
Throne of Bone pays one mana to gain life whenever a Swamp enters — the rate is negligible at any competitive table and the life total rarely matters enough to justify the slot. Bulk rare, bulk impact.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Throne of Bone is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially zero play across all of them. In Commander, the life gain triggers only off basic Swamps, which most black decks are already moving away from in favor of fetchable duals and utility lands — so the trigger fires infrequently and gains you maybe 5–10 life across a game. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a one-mana artifact that does nothing the turn it enters and scales off basics. Oathbreaker inherits the same problem at a smaller table where games end faster.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Throne of Bone is deep bulk — the kind of card that sits in a box for a decade without moving. There's no sleeper upside here, no combo application that would push demand, so the price floor is exactly where you'd expect it to be.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.