MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #95

Bontu the Glorified

DIGITAL ONLY

akr·#95·mythic·nonfoil

Illus. Chase Stone

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Aug '20

6 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #9,562 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — God

Menace, indestructible Bontu can't attack or block unless a creature died under your control this turn. {1}{B}, Sacrifice another creature: Scry 1. Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

4/6

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2017-04-18wotc

In a Two-Headed Giant game, Bontu's activated ability causes the opposing team to lose 2 life and you gain 1 life.

2017-04-18wotc

All attackers are chosen at once. You can't attack with one, sacrifice it to satisfy Bontu's combat restriction, and then attack with Bontu.

2017-04-18wotc

Creature tokens that die are put into your graveyard as normal (and cease to exist soon after). If one died this turn, it satisfies Bontu's combat restriction.

2017-04-18

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from AKR — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #95 of *Amonkhet Remastered*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2020 Amonkhet Remastered release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — God, color identity black, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {2}{B} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Indestructible, Menace, and Scry.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #9,562 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Chase Stone. Rarix catalogs 593 other cards credited to this artist.