Emrakul, the Promised End

Legendary Creature — Eldrazi

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each card type among cards in your graveyard.

When you cast this spell, you gain control of target opponent during that player's next turn. After that turn, that player takes an extra turn.

Flying, trample, protection from instants. ((Remember the acronym debt.) This can't be damaged, enchanted, equipped, blocked or targeted by instants.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

Mortlocke on The Worst Possible Ending

2 weeks ago

Thank you BenTim,

The deck exists in paper, the only thing left to do is sit down and make a nice Primer for it. I've had a blast playing this deck as once the Eldrazi start hitting the battlefield things get scary - for my opponents. I routinely cast Emrakul, the Promised End/Mindslaver targeting a good friend of mine in games as he always has devious spells in hand or in deck. We've played against each other plenty of times so I can remember a few of the more devious spells in his deck. One game, I Promised Ended him, permanently by getting him to cast Toxic Deluge and paying all 32 of his life. I didn't come out of that unharmed as it definitely killed my boardstate as well...but it was so glorious.

DemonDragonJ on Innistrad Remastered Speculation and Wishlist

4 months ago

Previews for Innistrad remastered have begun, so here is a link to what has been revealed, thus far; some of the cards are not surprising, such as Emrakul, the Promised End, Liliana of the Veil, Blood Artist, Archangel Avacyn  ^Flip, or Edgar Markov, but others are more so, such as Mass Hysteria, so I hope that the majority of the cards in this set are cards that players wish to be reprinted.

I hope that the original version of Avacyn, Avacyn, Angel of Hope shall be reprinted, along with Bruna, Light of Alabaster, Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, and Sigarda, Host of Herons, and it also would be nice to have either version of Liesa reprinted, as well.

I heard that the "slow lands" (i.e., Deathcap Glade, Sundown Pass, and so forth) may be reprinted, and it would be nice, but I still would prefer to see reprints of the enym-colored "check lands" (i.e., Hinterland Harbor, Isolated Chapel, and so forth), since the original printings of those cards are the only printings that feature the original artwork and are also available in foil.

What cards are other players, here, hoping to see, in this set?

Flarhoon13 on For all Intet's Purposes, Dreaming Dragons

5 months ago

May 3, 2024 I started a new quest. Having built 52 decks, I endeavoured to play them all, in roughly the same order as I created them.

June 14

For all Intet's Purposes, Dreaming Dragons won. 13-11. Great game, actually. Jesse exiled all creatures the turn before I was planning to kick a Rite of Replication on Scourge of Valkas. That would have been over 200 damage. Some few turns later facing Jesse's constant Oblivion Ring removal effects, I still won via Temur Ascendancy and Utvara Hellkite. Earthquake Dragon--I cast for 1 lol. Emrakul, the Promised End came out with haste via Selvala's Stampede. It was a relentless Thunder of dragons!!!

Balaam__ on Sire of Seven Deaths

5 months ago

I love the idea behind this, but I think what’s currently here isn’t fast enough to get the 3 copies in play before being interrupted. Without going full glass cannon, I’m not sure it’s possible to pull it off in time.

If I were to try my hand at this, I’d remove colorless and red mana sources entirely and double down on {GU}. Run mostly forests and a few islands alongside 4x Breeding Pool. That will give your 4x Utopia Sprawl something guaranteed to attach to, and open up enough {U} mana to reliably cast Quasiduplicate.

Stuff like Reverberate or Kozilek's Command don’t necessarily contribute much toward your penultimate goal, and are probably bloat that could be trimmed. Similarly, I’d stick Emrakul, the Promised End in the sideboard—if you’re able to cast it, you almost certainly could have already won with your main strategy.

Maybe I’m wrong, but it just seems like you’ll really have to race to the finish line with a build like this one rather than try to preemptively anticipate threats and plan for them. I do like the main idea behind this though.

Flarhoon13 on Nath of the Gilt-Leaf's Dark Elves

5 months ago

May 3, 2024 I started a new quest. Having built 52 decks, I endeavoured to play them all, in roughly the same order as I created them. May 17: Nath of the Gilt-Leaf's Dark Elves Won. I think Dave's Mayael the Anima could've won with Emrakul, the Promised End but he conceded. 6-3

TheBestMagicCard on Emrakul, the Promised End

10 months ago

I took out Traveler's Amulet, and Wanderer's Twig, even though I LOVE these cards in this deck (see reasons above)...

Kept in Expedition Map, and Environmental Sciences (same reasons as see above)...

Expedition map searches for any land, which is super utility in this deck, and it's a colorless tutor, even if it is conditional... It also supports Manascape Refractor, which I'm hyped on, and trying out...

Environmental sciences is the same idea as the Amulet and Twig and Map (see above), it helps you have a land drop, but it's also 1 of only 7 sorceries as of now, which count towards casting Emrakul, the Promised End when in the graveyard...

DoomNoodle on Innistrad Remastered Speculation and Wishlist

10 months ago

Those eldritch moon eldrazi looking real ripe for the reprints. Give me those gorgeous sketti arts! Emrakul, the Promised End still needs an etch foil!

Profet93 on Favorite EDH Cards

1 year ago

FormOverFunction

Anyone who has seen me comment on their deck will know I love using people's cards against them. Whether it's Worst Fears (the mythic I got in my first pack coming back into MTG), Mindslaver (flashbacks to academy ruins lock) or Emrakul, the Promised End, their hand is my hand. And with that hand I say why are you hitting yourself? LOL

As such, my 3 favorite cards are Deflecting Swat, Misdirection and Imp's Mischief. The first 2 can be cast for free which is great as you can bluff interaction. The latter is usually unexpected, until your playgroup asks why are you holding 2 mana after casting a large Torment of Hailfire and then they learn that with 2 mana open, you too can be the blue player!