Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
Spells you cast from your graveyard cost 2 less to cast.
Whenever one or more opponents lose life, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Do this only once each turn.
Combos with Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
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.
- Ebondeath, Dracolich Pitiless Plunderer Phyrexian Altar Infinite
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite storm count
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2025-06-06
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a flashback cost), add any cost increases (such as kicker costs), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Emet-Selch of the Third Seat's first ability). The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.
- 2025-06-06
You choose whether to cast the target card while Emet-Selch of the Third Seat's second ability is still on the stack. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn. Timing restrictions based on the card's type are ignored.
- 2025-06-06
The cost reduction applies only to generic mana in the total cost of spells you cast from your graveyard.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
As a commander
Decks built with Emet-Selch of the Third Seat in the command zone.
Published decks
Decklists players have published with Emet-Selch of the Third Seat in the command zone, newest first. A deck that has been played carries the win rate it earned in real tracked games.
- Mazo Emet-Selch of the Third Seat 0 games —
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Emet-Selch of the Third Seat, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Y'shtola, Night's Blessed | 7 | 5 | 20% |
Colors it shows up in
- Esper 7 decks
Emet-Selch of the Third Seat price history
The Final Fantasy Commander #81 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Nov 9, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Nov 7, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.26 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.30 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
3 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
- Foil
- $74.67
Extended Art
- Normal
- $1.26
- Foil
- $5.91
- Normal
- $0.30
- Foil
- —
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Emet-Selch of the Third Seat. 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.
