Bontu the Glorified
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — God
- Power / toughness
- 4 / 6
- Set
- Amonkhet Invocations #20 (special)
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.
Bontu the Glorified has 4 printings, first in Amonkhet (2017). EDHREC ranks it #10,071 among Commander cards. It appears most in Indominus Rex, Alpha decks (4,252 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Bontu the Glorified most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Indominus Rex, Alpha: 4,252 decks
- Child of Alara: 846 decks
- Kathril, Aspect Warper: 758 decks
- Rayami, First of the Fallen: 729 decks
- Zodiark, Umbral God: 322 decks
- God-Eternal Bontu: 24 decks
- Interceptor, Shadow's Hound
Often played with Bontu the Glorified
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : In a Two-Headed Giant game, Bontu's activated ability causes the opposing team to lose 2 life and you gain 1 life.
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : The creature that died doesn't have to still be in its owner's graveyard to satisfy Bontu's combat restriction.