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Myrkul, Lord of Bones
WBGLegendary Creature — God · from $0.26
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.
A typical Commander deck
A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.
- Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
- Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
- Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
- Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
- Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
- Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan
Staples in these colors
The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).
Budget
55 of 100 at $5 or less · 39 at $1 or less
| # | Card | Type | MV | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sol Ring | Artifact | 1 | $1.07 |
| 2 | Command Tower | Land | 0 | $0.26 |
| 3 | Arcane Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.34 |
| 4 | Exotic Orchard | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 5 | Reliquary Tower | Land | 0 | $4.28 |
| 6 | Swords to Plowshares | Instant | 1 | $0.98 |
| 7 | Swiftfoot Boots | Artifact | 2 | $1.43 |
| 8 | Lightning Greaves | Artifact | 2 | $3.86 |
| 9 | Path of Ancestry | Land | 0 | $0.16 |
| 10 | Path to Exile | Instant | 1 | $0.71 |
| 11 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 12 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 13 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 14 | Cultivate | Sorcery | 3 | $0.38 |
| 15 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 16 | Farseek | Sorcery | 2 | $0.42 |
| 17 | Bojuka Bog | Land | 0 | $1.12 |
| 18 | Beast Within | Instant | 3 | $0.49 |
| 19 | Nature's Lore | Sorcery | 2 | $2.15 |
| 20 | Rampant Growth | Sorcery | 2 | $0.39 |
| 21 | Heroic Intervention | Instant | 2 | $9.28 |
| 22 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 23 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 24 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 25 | Dark Ritual | Instant | 1 | $0.44 |
| 26 | Birds of Paradise | Creature | 1 | $4.98 |
| 27 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 28 | Kodama's Reach | Sorcery | 3 | $1.55 |
| 29 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 30 | Three Visits | Sorcery | 2 | $5.55 |
| 31 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 32 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 33 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 34 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 35 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 36 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 37 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 38 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 39 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 40 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 41 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 42 | Reanimate | Sorcery | 1 | $6.56 |
| 43 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 44 | Llanowar Elves | Creature | 1 | $0.24 |
| 45 | Godless Shrine | Land | 0 | $8.47 |
| 46 | Generous Gift | Instant | 3 | $0.93 |
| 47 | Demonic Tutor | Sorcery | 2 | $62.80 |
| 48 | Smothering Tithe | Enchantment | 4 | $56.09 |
| 49 | Toxic Deluge | Sorcery | 3 | $5.04 |
| 50 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 51 | Overgrown Tomb | Land | 0 | $8.00 |
| 52 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 53 | Boseiju, Who Endures | Land | 0 | $50.48 |
| 54 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 55 | Esper Sentinel | Creature | 1 | $58.03 |
| 56 | Temple Garden | Land | 0 | $6.57 |
| 57 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 58 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 59 | Isolated Chapel | Land | 0 | $0.21 |
| 60 | Garruk's Uprising | Enchantment | 3 | $0.39 |
| 61 | Feed the Swarm | Sorcery | 2 | $0.19 |
| 62 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 63 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 64 | Elvish Mystic | Creature | 1 | $0.35 |
| 65 | Phyrexian Arena | Enchantment | 3 | $1.92 |
| 66 | Deadly Rollick | Instant | 4 | $26.52 |
| 67 | Canopy Vista | Land | 0 | $0.22 |
| 68 | Teferi's Protection | Instant | 3 | $34.90 |
| 69 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 70 | Woodland Cemetery | Land | 0 | $0.62 |
| 71 | Sakura-Tribe Elder | Creature | 2 | $0.30 |
| 72 | Vampiric Tutor | Instant | 1 | $48.13 |
| 73 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 74 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 75 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 76 | Eternal Witness | Creature | 3 | $1.10 |
| 77 | Assassin's Trophy | Instant | 2 | $1.01 |
| 78 | Enlightened Tutor | Instant | 1 | $21.99 |
| 79 | Caves of Koilos | Land | 0 | $0.30 |
| 80 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 81 | Black Market Connections | Enchantment | 3 | $10.78 |
| 82 | Victimize | Sorcery | 3 | $0.57 |
| 83 | Deadly Dispute | Instant | 2 | $0.29 |
| 84 | Sunpetal Grove | Land | 0 | $0.28 |
| 85 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 86 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 87 | Talisman of Hierarchy | Artifact | 2 | $0.45 |
| 88 | Llanowar Wastes | Land | 0 | $0.59 |
| 89 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 90 | Blood Artist | Creature | 2 | $2.78 |
| 91 | Delighted Halfling | Creature | 1 | $25.91 |
| 92 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 93 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 94 | Anguished Unmaking | Instant | 3 | $1.58 |
| 95 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 96 | Ghostly Prison | Enchantment | 3 | $5.72 |
| 97 | Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | Land | 0 | $45.68 |
| 98 | Reflecting Pool | Land | 0 | $5.50 |
| 99 | Vault of Champions | Land | 0 | $16.60 |
| 100 | Worldly Tutor | Instant | 1 | $26.58 |
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Combos with Myrkul, Lord of Bones
The 10 most popular of 13 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Devoted Druid + Myrkul, Lord of Bones
Infinite green mana
Barrenton Medic + Myrkul, Lord of Bones
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to permanents you control · Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you · Lock
Eidolon of Blossoms + Myrkul, Lord of Bones + Ondu Spiritdancer
Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Infinite copies of a specific creature
Myrkul, Lord of Bones + Ondu Spiritdancer + Setessan Champion
Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite copies of a specific creature
Archon of Sun's Grace + Myrkul, Lord of Bones + Ondu Spiritdancer
Infinite creature tokens · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite copies of a specific creature
Grim Guardian + Myrkul, Lord of Bones + Ondu Spiritdancer
Infinite lifeloss · Infinite copies of a specific creature
Cinderhaze Wretch + Jaheira, Friend of the Forest + Myrkul, Lord of Bones
Infinite green mana
Myrkul, Lord of Bones + Ondu Spiritdancer + Underworld Coinsmith
Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite copies of a specific creature
A Realm Reborn + Cinderhaze Wretch + Myrkul, Lord of Bones
Infinite colored mana
Myrkul, Lord of Bones + Riftsweeper + Verdant Succession + Viscera Seer
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite scry 1
Top finishes
One finish placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 9th of 17 — Win a Bhujerba, Floating City (City of Brass) - Bracket 3 on Topdeck.ggMay 30, 2026 · 1–4–0 · by Josh Horton
Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.