Squirming Emergence
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Fathomless descent — Return to the battlefield target nonland permanent card in your graveyard with mana value less than or equal to the number of permanent cards in your graveyard.
Rulings
4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2023-11-10
The target nonland permanent card still counts toward the number of permanent cards in your graveyard for the purposes of Squirming Emergence.
- 2023-11-10
Some descend triggered abilities include intervening "if" clauses (i.e. "if you have [four or eight] permanent cards in your graveyard" in the middle of the ability). Each of these abilities checks your graveyard at the moment it would trigger to see if it does. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability doesn't trigger at all. If it does trigger, it will check again as it tries to resolve. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.
- 2023-11-10
Cards with the ability word "fathomless descent" have abilities that care how many permanent cards are in your graveyard.
- 2023-11-10
Like all spells that require targets, Squirming Emergence will check to make sure its target is still legal as it tries to resolve. Use the number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, even though it may be a different number than the number that were there as you cast the spell. If the permanent card's mana value is greater than the number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, Squirming Emergence won't resolve.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Squirming Emergence, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mycotyrant | 1 | 2 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Golgari 1 deck
Squirming Emergence price history
The The Lost Caverns of Ixalan #241 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.38 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.31 | $0.38 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.38 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.31 | $0.38 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.33 | $0.38 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.31 | $0.38 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.38 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Squirming Emergence
4 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.
- Normal
- $0.30
- Foil
- $0.38
Promo
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos
- Normal
- $0.52
- Foil
- $0.70
Promo
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos
- Foil
- $0.80
Extended Art
- Normal
- $0.39
- Foil
- $0.85
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Squirming Emergence. 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.
