Archmage Emeritus
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
Jump to section ▾
What it does
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.
Combos with Archmage Emeritus
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Chain of Smog Infinite
- Infinite draw triggers
- Infinite self-discard triggers
- Near-infinite magecraft triggers
- Fury Storm Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Near-infinite magecraft triggers
- Chain of Acid Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite magecraft triggers
- Chain of Plasma Brash Taunter Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite damage
- Chain of Plasma Stuffy Doll Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite damage to one opponent
- Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios // Journey to the Oracle Meloku the Clouded Mirror Phyrexian Altar Infinite
- Infinite draw triggers
- Infinite looting
- Infinite self-discard triggers
- Near-infinite colored mana
- Near-infinite creature tokens
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite landfall triggers
- Near-infinite creature LTB
- Near-infinite magecraft triggers
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite storm count
- Psychic Miasma Dakmor Salvage Bone Miser Infinite
- Infinite self-mill
- Near-infinite magecraft triggers
- Near-infinite self-discard triggers
- Near-infinite storm count
- Orvar, the All-Form Mystic Sanctuary Dream's Grip Aquitect's Will Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite landfall triggers
- Near-infinite magecraft triggers
- Near-infinite blue mana
- Near-infinite storm count
- Near-infinite Island tokens
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2021-04-16
If an effect creates multiple copies of an instant or sorcery spell, magecraft abilities trigger once for each copy created by the effect.
- 2021-04-16
Some effects instruct you to copy an instant or sorcery card in a zone other than the stack. These copies do not cause magecraft abilities to trigger. However, most effects that do this also allow you to cast the copy, and casting the copy will cause magecraft abilities to trigger.
- 2021-04-16
If an effect creates a copy of an instant or sorcery spell, this will also cause the magecraft ability to trigger.
- 2021-04-16
Each magecraft ability has a different effect, although they all have the same trigger condition, whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Archmage Emeritus, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Y'shtola, Night's Blessed | 5 | 0 | — |
| Vivi Ornitier | 2 | 5 | 80% |
| Clara Oswald | 1 | 7 | 14.3% |
| The Twelfth Doctor | 1 | 7 | 14.3% |
| Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy | 1 | 0 | — |
| Jori En, Ruin Diver | 1 | 0 | — |
| Rootha, Mastering the Moment | 1 | 0 | — |
| Sanar, Unfinished Genius | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Izzet 7 decks
- Esper 5 decks
- Mono-Blue 1 deck
Archmage Emeritus price history
The Secrets of Strixhaven Commander #188 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.75 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.75 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $0.83 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $0.97 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $0.80 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $0.79 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $0.70 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.69 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $0.73 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.74 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.76 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.75 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.71 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $0.74 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.61 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.59 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.57 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.63 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.66 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.69 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.70 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.68 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.61 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.55 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Archmage Emeritus
11 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Inverted
Special Guests
- Normal
- $4.73
- Foil
- $6.83
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
- Normal
- $0.75
- Normal
- $0.66
- Foil
- —
- Normal
- $1.09
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander
- Normal
- $2.14
- Normal
- $2.54
Extended Art
- Normal
- $4.58
- Foil
- $6.61
- Normal
- $2.32
- Foil
- $3.15
Promo
- Foil
- $1.59
Promo
Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos
- Normal
- $6.46
- Foil
- $10.19
Promo
Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos
- Foil
- $6.27
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Archmage Emeritus. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.