Emperor Mihail II
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast Merfolk spells from the top of your library.
Whenever you cast a Merfolk spell, you may pay 1. If you do, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token.
Rulings
4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2022-09-09
The last ability triggers whenever you cast any Merfolk spell, not just when you cast a Merfolk spell from the top of your library. It will resolve before the spell that caused it to trigger, even if that spell has been countered or otherwise left the stack.
- 2022-09-09
If the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability, you can't look at the new top card until you finish doing so. This means that if you cast the top card of your library, you can't look at the next one until you're done paying for that spell.
- 2022-09-09
You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions of the cards you play from your library.
- 2022-09-09
Emperor Mihail II lets you look at the top card of your library whenever you want (with one restriction—see below), even if you don't have priority. This action doesn't use the stack. Knowing what that card is becomes part of the information you have access to, just like you can look at the cards in your hand.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Emperor Mihail II, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hakbal of the Surging Soul | 3 | 0 | — |
| Namor the Sub-Mariner | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Simic 3 decks
- Mono-Blue 1 deck
Every version of Emperor Mihail II
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 genuinely publishes none for some of them.
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander
- Normal
- $0.32
- Normal
- $0.41
- Foil
- $0.88
Extended Art
- Normal
- $2.16
- Foil
- $3.12
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Emperor Mihail II — a name search across every version, for 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.