Emergent Ultimatum
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SetIKO
Collector #185
Released2020-04-24
Rarityrare
ArtistZack Stella
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Emergent Ultimatum

RareColour IDMV 7
Sorcery
Search your library for up to three monocolored cards with different names and exile them. An opponent chooses one of those cards. Shuffle that card into your library. You may cast the other cards without paying their mana costs. Exile Emergent Ultimatum.
Card capabilities
SorceryTutor
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
5 other English printingsEarliest 2020-04-24Newest 2025-04-11Cheapest priced $1.28 in IKO
Rulings (6)
wotc4 Apr 2025
Emergent Ultimatum is still on the stack while you cast the cards you found, so those spells could target it. However, once it’s exiled, it will no longer be a legal target.
wotc4 Apr 2025
A monocolored card is exactly one of white, blue, black, red, or green and no other colors. A colorless card isn’t monocolored.
wotc4 Apr 2025
If you wish to cast any exiled cards, you do so as part of the resolution of Emergent Ultimatum. You can’t wait to cast them later. Timing permissions based on a card’s type are ignored.
wotc4 Apr 2025
If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
wotc4 Apr 2025
If you find only one card, you’ll shuffle it into your library and exile Emergent Ultimatum without casting anything.
wotc4 Apr 2025
If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.