Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall

Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall

Creature — Human Wizard // Instant

Mana cost: {3}{U}{U} // {U}

How we read this card

Flying, ward {2}
This creature enters prepared.

triggered —

Whenever this creature attacks, you may exile eight cards from your graveyard. If you do, this creature becomes prepared.

triggered —

triggered —

Target player draws three cards.

on-cast — draws you 3 cards

Causes: prepare a creature, exile a card, anything leaves a graveyard, draw a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a nontoken Wizard enters the battlefield — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Emeritus of Ideation is one).

  1. Inalla, Archmage Ritualist — When Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall enters, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist makes a token

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 1,264 cards in the game can cause this (Emeritus of Ideation is one).

  1. Diviner's Wand — When Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall enters, Diviner's Wand triggers

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Emeritus of Ideation is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall, it triggers

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Emeritus of Ideation is one).

When Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Emeritus of Ideation is one).

When Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted — deals 1 damage
  5. The Locust God — makes a token
  6. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  7. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  8. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  9. Orcish Bowmasters — deals 1 damage
  10. Scrawling Crawler — makes each opponent lose 1 life

57 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Emeritus of Ideation is one).

When Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall is cast:

  1. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  2. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  3. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  4. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  5. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  6. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  7. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
  8. Harness the Storm — brings a card back
  9. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
  10. Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls

427 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Human enters the battlefield — 4,639 cards in the game can cause this (Emeritus of Ideation is one).

When Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall enters:

  1. General Kudro of Drannith — hits a graveyard
  2. Heronblade Elite — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kyler, Sigardian Emissary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Thalia's Lieutenant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Champion of the Parish — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Captain of the Mists — untaps itself
  7. Erkenbrand, Lord of Westfold — gives +1/+0
  8. Beregond of the Guard — gives +1/+1
  9. Théoden, King of Rohan — grants double strike
  10. Lossarnach Captain — taps a creature an opponent controls

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Emeritus of Ideation is one).

When Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Invisible Woman — triggers
  3. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  4. Guide of Souls — triggers
  5. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food

126 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Emeritus of Ideation is one).

When Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Saw — sacrifices a creature

195 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Emeritus of Ideation is one).

  1. Tide of War — When Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall blocks, Tide of War sacrifices a creature

27 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Emeritus of Ideation is one).

When Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall enters:

  1. Pollywog Prodigy — puts a counter on itself
  2. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  3. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  4. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  5. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  6. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  7. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

333 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Emeritus of Ideation is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

52 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.