Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}{B}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Elder Wizard
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 4
- Set
- Final Fantasy Commander #473 (rare)
Spells you cast from your graveyard cost {2} less to cast.
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.
Emet-Selch of the Third Seat has 3 printings, first in Final Fantasy Commander (2025). EDHREC ranks it #2,929 among Commander cards. It appears most in Y'shtola, Night's Blessed decks (30,253 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
- Scions & Spellcraft - Final Fantasy Commander, led by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
Commanders that run Emet-Selch of the Third Seat most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Y'shtola, Night's Blessed: 30,253 decks
- Norman Osborn // Green Goblin: 7,608 decks
- Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld: 2,857 decks
- Noctis, Prince of Lucis: 2,364 decks
- Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer: 1,299 decks
- G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn: 664 decks
- Kess, Dissident Mage: 495 decks
- Ultimecia, Time Sorceress // Ultimecia, Omnipotent: 148 decks
Often played with Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a flashback cost), add any cost increases (such as kicker costs), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Emet-Selch of the Third Seat's first ability). The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.
- : You choose whether to cast the target card while Emet-Selch of the Third Seat's second ability is still on the stack. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn. Timing restrictions based on the card's type are ignored.
- : The cost reduction applies only to generic mana in the total cost of spells you cast from your graveyard.