Card

Emry, Lurker of the Loch

Mana cost {2}{U}

Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard 1/2

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) When Emry enters, mill four cards. {T}: Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)

Part of 857 known combos, one of them two-card. 7 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Rare · ELD · #43
Cheapest printing
€1.01
EDHREC salt
0.47
Color identity
Blue
Keywords
Affinity, Mill

Scryfall · EDHREC

Bracket

  • B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Mindslaver
  • B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Mindslaver
  • B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partner: Mindslaver
  • B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
  • B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

  • Two-card combo with Mindslaver (early with Mindslaver)

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

857 known combos, one of them two-card.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2019-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
    The cost reduction ability reduces only the generic mana in Emry's cost. The colored mana must still be paid.
  • 2019-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
    You'll still pay all costs for a spell cast this way, including additional costs. You may also pay alternative costs if any are available.
  • 2019-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
    If Emry's last ability targets an artifact land card, you can't play it. Effects that allow you to "cast" a card don't allow you to play a land card.
  • 2019-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Emry). The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
  • 2019-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
    Once you announce that you're casting a spell, no player may take actions until the spell has been paid for. Notably, opponents can't try to change by how much Emry's cost is reduced.
  • 2019-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
    You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions for the target artifact card. Unless it has flash, you'll most likely only be able to cast it during your main phase while the stack is empty.
  • 2019-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
    Casting the target card causes it to leave your graveyard and become a new object. You can't cast it again if it returns to your graveyard this turn.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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