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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
- Keyword · protectionprotection
What an Emrakul, the World Anew deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 8× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- 14× Lets YOU discard on demand — looting, rummaging, discard costs — for a commander that rewards your own discards
- 19× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
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.
Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- Secret Tunnel0 mana
- Rhonas's Monument3 mana
- Glaring Spotlight1 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Agility Bobblehead3 mana
- Smoke Bomb3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Chronicle of Victory6 mana
Lets YOU discard on demand — looting, rummaging, discard costs — for a commander that rewards your own discards
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Fomori Vault0 mana
- Pip-Boy 30001 mana
- Collector's Vault2 mana
- Containment Construct2 mana
- Key to the City2 mana
- Avishkar Raceway0 mana
- Hazoret's Monument3 mana
A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- Emrakul, the World Anew12 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
- Getaway Car3 mana
- Eldrazi Confluence4 mana
- Voyager Staff1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
- Coercive Portal4 mana
- Worldslayer5 mana
- Nevinyrral's Disk4 mana
- Apocalypse Chime2 mana
- All Is Dust7 mana
- Trailblazer's Torch4 mana
- False Floor4 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Myr Kinsmith4 mana
- Shield-Wall Sentinel4 mana
- Skyship Weatherlight4 mana
- Moonsilver Key2 mana
- Pattern Matcher4 mana
- Shrine Steward5 mana
- Myr Turbine5 mana
- Self-Assembler5 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Pip-Boy 30001 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Key to the City2 mana
- Mask of Memory2 mana
- Smuggler's Copter2 mana
- Tome of Legends2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- 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
Get ahead on mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana