Hand of Emrakul
- Mana cost
- {9}
- Type
- Creature — Eldrazi
- Power / toughness
- 7 / 7
- Set
- Rise of the Eldrazi #5 (common)
- Price
- $0.35 USD
You may sacrifice four Eldrazi Spawn rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Annihilator 1 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices a permanent of their choice.)
Hand of Emrakul has 1 printing, first in Rise of the Eldrazi (2010). EDHREC ranks it #12,832 among Commander cards. It appears most in Emrakul, the Promised End decks (164 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Hand of Emrakul most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Emrakul, the Promised End: 164 decks
- Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger: 135 decks
- Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre: 42 decks
- Emrakul, the World Anew: 40 decks
- Emrakul, the Exigent Doom: 6 decks
Often played with Hand of Emrakul
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Annihilator abilities trigger and resolve during the declare attackers step. The defending player chooses and sacrifices the required number of permanents before they declare blockers. Any creatures sacrificed this way won't be able to block.
- : If a creature with annihilator is attacking a planeswalker, and the defending player chooses to sacrifice that planeswalker, the attacking creature continues to attack. It may be blocked. If it isn't blocked, it simply won't deal combat damage to anything.
- : Casting Hand of Emrakul by paying its alternative cost doesn't change when you can cast it. You can cast it only at the normal time you could cast a creature spell.
- : Casting Hand of Emrakul by paying its alternative cost doesn't change its mana cost or mana value.
- : Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast Hand of Emrakul will apply to it even if you choose to pay its alternative cost.