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Emrakul, the World Anew
Legendary Creature — Eldrazi · {12} · Colorless commander
When you cast this spell, gain control of all creatures target player controls.
Flying, protection from spells and from permanents that were cast this turn
When Emrakul leaves the battlefield, sacrifice all creatures you control.
Madness—Pay six {C}.
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What Emrakul, the World Anew actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · cast_spellWhen you cast this spell, gain control of all creatures target player controls.
- Triggered ability · otherWhen Emrakul leaves the battlefield, sacrifice all creatures you control.
- Keyword · flyingflying
- Keyword · madnessmadness
- AbilityFlying, protection from spells and from permanents that were cast this turn
- AbilityMadness—Pay six {C}.
What an Emrakul, the World Anew deck needs
Plays as theft. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- madness enablers and discard outlets (madness casts her for six colorless)
- sacrifice outlets for the stolen creatures before she leaves (she sacrifices all your creatures when she does)
The Emrakul, the World Anew deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 10× Lets YOU discard on demand — looting, rummaging, discard costs — for a commander that rewards your own discards
- 8× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 10× Refill your hand
- 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
- 5× Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
Best cards for Emrakul, the World Anew
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Lets YOU discard on demand — looting, rummaging, discard costs — for a commander that rewards your own discards
- Geier Reach Sanitarium0 mana
- Fomori Vault0 mana
- Pip-Boy 30001 mana
- Collector's Vault2 mana
- Key to the City2 mana
- Mask of Memory2 mana
- Smuggler's Copter2 mana
- Avishkar Raceway0 mana
Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- Glaring Spotlight1 mana
- Inquisitorial Rosette2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Dragon Throne of Tarkir4 mana
- Skyshaper2 mana
- Krang, Utrom Warlord9 mana
- Thunderhawk Gunship6 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Titan's Presence3 mana
- Kozilek's Command2 mana
- Warping Wail2 mana
- Null Elemental Blast1 mana
- Zuko's Exile5 mana
- Clay Golem4 mana
- Lazotep Quarry0 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Shield-Wall Sentinel4 mana
- Skyship Weatherlight4 mana
- Moonsilver Key2 mana
- Pattern Matcher4 mana
- Shrine Steward5 mana
- Self-Assembler5 mana
- Pyre of Heroes2 mana
- Tamiyo's Journal5 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Nevinyrral's Disk4 mana
- Karn's Sylex3 mana
- Calamity of the Titans6 mana
- Apocalypse Chime2 mana
- The Moment2 mana
- Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
- Coercive Portal4 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Adaptive Omnitool2 mana
- Key to the City2 mana
- Mask of Memory2 mana
- Tome of Legends2 mana
- Buster Sword3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana
- Brotherhood Regalia2 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana
Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- Altar of Dementia2 mana
- Spawning Pit2 mana
- Ashnod's Altar3 mana
- Phyrexian Altar3 mana
- High Market0 mana
- Lazotep Quarry0 mana
- Witch's Oven1 mana
- Culling Dais2 mana