Emet-Selch of the Third Seat

Emet-Selch of the Third Seat

Legendary Creature — Elder Wizard

Mana cost: {2}{U}{B}

How we read this card

Spells you cast from your graveyard cost {2} less to cast.

static — costs 2 less

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.

triggered — brings a card back

triggered —

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: cast an instant, cast a sorcery, an instant leaves a graveyard, a sorcery leaves a graveyard, exile a spell, a spell leaves the battlefield.

Cares about: life is lost, an instant in a graveyard, a sorcery in a graveyard, a creature it makes cheaper to cast, an artifact it makes cheaper to cast, an enchantment it makes cheaper to cast, a planeswalker it makes cheaper to cast, an instant it makes cheaper to cast, a sorcery it makes cheaper to cast, a battle it makes cheaper to cast.

Works well with

an instant in a graveyard — 2 cards in the game can cause this (Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is one).

  1. Makeshift Mannequin — When Makeshift Mannequin is in the graveyard, Emet-Selch of the Third Seat can bring it back
  2. Supper for Spiders — When Supper for Spiders is in the graveyard, Emet-Selch of the Third Seat can bring it back

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

an instant leaves a graveyard — 202 cards in the game can cause this (Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is one).

  1. Murktide Regent — When an instant leaves a graveyard thanks to Emet-Selch of the Third Seat, Murktide Regent puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a planeswalker it makes cheaper to cast — 312 cards in the game can cause this (Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is one).

Emet-Selch of the Third Seat reduces what:

  1. Karn, Scion of Urza — costs
  2. Saheeli, the Gifted — costs

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

a nontoken Wizard enters the battlefield — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is one).

  1. Inalla, Archmage Ritualist — When Emet-Selch of the Third Seat enters, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist makes a token

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 1,264 cards in the game can cause this (Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is one).

  1. Diviner's Wand — When Emet-Selch of the Third Seat enters, Diviner's Wand triggers

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

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

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is one).

When an instant or sorcery leaves a graveyard thanks to Emet-Selch of the Third Seat:

  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.

make a player lose life — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Brainstealer Dragon — When Brainstealer Dragon makes a player lose life, Emet-Selch of the Third Seat brings a card back
  2. Glaring Fleshraker — When Glaring Fleshraker makes a player lose life, Emet-Selch of the Third Seat brings a card back
  3. Lux Artillery — When Lux Artillery makes a player lose life, Emet-Selch of the Third Seat brings a card back
  4. Poisonbelly Ogre — When a player makes a player lose life thanks to Poisonbelly Ogre, Emet-Selch of the Third Seat brings a card back
  5. Gideon the Oathless — When Gideon the Oathless makes a player lose life, Emet-Selch of the Third Seat brings a card back
  6. Blood Seeker — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Blood Seeker, Emet-Selch of the Third Seat brings a card back
  7. Tinybones Joins Up — When Tinybones Joins Up makes a player lose life, Emet-Selch of the Third Seat brings a card back
  8. Trespasser's Curse — When Trespasser's Curse makes a player lose life, Emet-Selch of the Third Seat brings a card back
  9. Jaws of Defeat — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Jaws of Defeat, Emet-Selch of the Third Seat brings a card back
  10. Binding Agony — When Binding Agony makes a player lose life, Emet-Selch of the Third Seat brings a card back

3,150 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery it makes cheaper to cast — 3,585 cards in the game can cause this (Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is one).

Emet-Selch of the Third Seat reduces what:

  1. Haunt the Network — costs
  2. Their Number Is Legion — costs

3,583 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an enchantment it makes cheaper to cast — 3,713 cards in the game can cause this (Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is one).

Emet-Selch of the Third Seat reduces what:

  1. Invasion of Tolvada // The Broken Sky — costs
  2. Promise of Aclazotz // Foul Rebirth — costs
  3. Conquest Mission — costs
  4. Biotransference — costs
  5. Efficient Construction — costs
  6. Robot Domination — costs

3,707 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is one).

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When an instant is cast thanks to Emet-Selch of the Third Seat, Electro, Assaulting Battery adds 1 mana
  2. Spellweaver Volute — When a sorcery is cast thanks to Emet-Selch of the Third Seat, Spellweaver Volute copies a spell
  3. Riku of Two Reflections — When an instant is cast thanks to Emet-Selch of the Third Seat, Riku of Two Reflections copies a spell
  4. Sword of Wealth and Power — When an instant is cast thanks to Emet-Selch of the Third Seat, Sword of Wealth and Power copies a spell
  5. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — When an instant is cast thanks to Emet-Selch of the Third Seat, Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot gets +1/+1
  6. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — When an instant is cast thanks to Emet-Selch of the Third Seat, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  7. Metallurgic Summonings — When an instant is cast thanks to Emet-Selch of the Third Seat, Metallurgic Summonings makes a token
  8. Storm-Kiln Artist — When an instant is cast thanks to Emet-Selch of the Third Seat, Storm-Kiln Artist makes a token
  9. Niblis of Frost — When an instant is cast thanks to Emet-Selch of the Third Seat, Niblis of Frost taps a creature an opponent controls
  10. Mica, Reader of Ruins — When an instant is cast thanks to Emet-Selch of the Third Seat, Mica, Reader of Ruins sacrifices an artifact

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

an instant it makes cheaper to cast — 3,773 cards in the game can cause this (Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is one).

  1. Start // Finish — Emet-Selch of the Third Seat reduces what Start // Finish costs

3,772 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it makes cheaper to cast — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this (Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is one).

Emet-Selch of the Third Seat reduces what:

  1. Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea — costs
  2. Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast — costs
  3. Urza's Command — costs
  4. Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings — costs
  5. Yotia Declares War — costs
  6. Parasitic Implant — costs
  7. Urza's Saga — costs
  8. Mirrodin Besieged — costs
  9. Poetic Ingenuity — costs
  10. Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst — costs

4,521 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 (Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Emet-Selch of the Third Seat attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

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

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is one).

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — When Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is cast, God-Eternal Oketra makes a token

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

a creature it makes cheaper to cast — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this (Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is one).

Emet-Selch of the Third Seat reduces what:

  1. Extravagant Replication — costs
  2. Devouring Sugarmaw // Have for Dinner — costs
  3. Fuss // Bother — costs
  4. The Rani — costs
  5. Indulge // Excess — costs
  6. Thopter Spy Network — costs
  7. Dovin, Grand Arbiter — costs
  8. Kaito, Dancing Shadow — costs
  9. Saheeli, Sublime Artificer — costs
  10. Urabrask // The Great Work — costs

19,381 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 (Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is one).

  1. Pollywog Prodigy — When Emet-Selch of the Third Seat enters, Pollywog Prodigy puts a counter on itself

3,036 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.