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Emrakul, the Exigent Doom

Emrakul, the Exigent Doom

Legendary Creature — Eldrazi

Emrakul wants a deck that makes huge amounts of mana for giant spells. It also works in a deck built around Eldrazi or Tap / Untap Loops.

  • Mana cost10 generic
  • Colorless
  • Power / toughness12 / 12
  • RarityMythic

When you cast this spell, untap all lands you control.

Flying, trample

Ward—Sacrifice three permanents.

3 generic, Exile this card from your hand: Target land gains "tap: Add colorlesscolorless" until this card is cast from exile. You may cast this card for as long as it remains exiled.

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Archetypes

Cards That Fit Emrakul, the Exigent Doom

Picked for what they do in Emrakul's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Emrakul's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Emrakul, the Exigent Doom

explain how Emrakul works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 21 Aug 2026

If Emrakul is removed from exile without being cast, the land will continue to have this ability.

Wizards of the Coast 21 Aug 2026

You may use the mana ability Emrakul grants to the land while casting Emrakul from exile.

2 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Emrakul, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryBig ManaBig Mana decks build up far more mana than usual, then spend it on huge spells. Some are X spells, which have X in their cost and get stronger the more mana you put in.Open the Big Mana pageMana SinkGives you somewhere useful to spend spare mana, usually through an ability you can activate again and again. Rogue's Passage, Mind StoneOpen the Mana Sink pageRampAn effect that accelerates your mana, giving you a reusable mana source beyond the usual one land per turn. Cultivate Rampant GrowthOpen the Ramp pageGame ChangerCards that warp the game disproportionately around themselves, requiring immediate answers.What the brackets meanTap / Untap LoopsCards that untap your permanents, so a creature or land can be used twice in one turn. Some untap effects create endless loops that win the game.Open the Tap / Untap Loops pageUntapperUntaps permanents. Untapping a land or a mana-producing artifact effectively lets you spend that mana twice in a turn, which is why untap effects turn up in so many infinite combos. Seedborn MuseOpen the Untapper pageProtectionA creature with protection from something, like a color, is safe from anything with that quality. It cannot be damaged, enchanted or equipped, blocked, or targeted by it, and players remember the four with the word DEBT. It does not stop effects that neither target nor damage, like a board wipe that destroys every creature. ProgenitusOpen the Protection page