Art by Magali Villeneuve
Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
Legendary Creature — Elder Wizard
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.
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Most Played With Emet-Selch of the Third Seat (187)
Arcane Signet
83% of decks · $0.49
Sol Ring
81% of decks · $1.38
Talisman of Dominance
66% of decks · $0.44
Dimir Signet
56% of decks · $0.30
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
47% of decks · $1.50
Exsanguinate
46% of decks · $0.40
Toxic Deluge
45% of decks · $5.17
Withering Torment
44% of decks · $1.58
Counterspell
44% of decks · $4.28
Teval's Judgment
44% of decks · $9.47
Archmage Emeritus
41% of decks · $0.57
Forbidden Alchemy
41% of decks · $0.27
Bender's Waterskin
41% of decks · $0.89
Waterlogged Teachings
40% of decks
Scrawling Crawler
40% of decks · $6.60
Emet-Selch, Unsundered
40% of decks
Fell the Profane
40% of decks
Unwind
39% of decks · $1.61
Singularity Rupture
38% of decks · $1.89
Feed the Swarm
38% of decks · $0.24
Rewind
37% of decks · $0.46
Fellwar Stone
36% of decks
An Offer You Can't Refuse
36% of decks · $3.16
Ledger Shredder
36% of decks · $9.99
Black Mage's Rod
35% of decks · $0.26
Aetherize
34% of decks · $0.49
Consider
34% of decks · $0.34
Sink into Stupor
33% of decks
Lórien Revealed
32% of decks · $5.68
Rise of the Dark Realms
32% of decks · $6.49
Arcane Denial
31% of decks · $2.03
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
31% of decks · $1.32
Talrand, Sky Summoner
31% of decks · $1.82
Ripples of Undeath
31% of decks · $8.82
Baral, Chief of Compliance
30% of decks · $4.76
Cornered by Black Mages
30% of decks · $0.21
Talion, the Kindly Lord
29% of decks · $9.00
Thought Vessel
28% of decks
Deadly Rollick
28% of decks · $28.68
Diresight
28% of decks · $0.17
Negate
27% of decks · $0.24
Otherworldly Gaze
26% of decks · $0.30
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
26% of decks · $98.82
Exhibition Tidecaller
26% of decks · $0.44
Underworld Dreams
26% of decks · $2.35
Snap
25% of decks · $3.97
Cyclonic Rift
25% of decks · $39.16
Thunderclap Drake
25% of decks · $0.77
Will of the Abzan
24% of decks · $4.47
Entomb
24% of decks · $18.29
Bloodchief Ascension
24% of decks · $21.38
Propaganda
23% of decks · $2.22
Torment of Hailfire
23% of decks · $36.34
Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
23% of decks · $0.32
Gifts Ungiven
23% of decks · $5.61
Gravebreaker Lamia
23% of decks · $0.45
Countersquall
22% of decks · $0.91
Archmage of Runes
22% of decks · $3.67
Millikin
22% of decks · $0.34
Soul Shatter
22% of decks · $6.14
See the Truth
22% of decks · $0.61
Likeness Looter
21% of decks · $2.86
Dream Harvest
21% of decks · $0.32
Baleful Strix
21% of decks · $6.67
Mind Stone
21% of decks
Thought Scour
20% of decks · $0.61
Brainstorm
20% of decks · $0.57
Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
20% of decks · $0.45
Mana Sculpt
20% of decks · $0.88
Infernal Grasp
19% of decks · $0.33
Overkill
19% of decks · $0.30
Cabal Ritual
19% of decks
Orcish Bowmasters
19% of decks · $44.46
Deranged Assistant
18% of decks · $0.28
Swan Song
18% of decks · $10.60
Sedgemoor Witch
18% of decks · $3.90
Lethal Scheme
18% of decks · $0.27
Extract from Darkness
18% of decks · $0.31
Rise from the Tides
17% of decks · $0.23
Professor Onyx
17% of decks · $4.76
Syr Konrad, the Grim
17% of decks · $1.78
Snuff Out
17% of decks · $12.98
Fierce Guardianship
17% of decks · $63.65
Inspiration from Beyond
16% of decks · $0.25
Resentful Revelation
16% of decks · $0.22
Confounding Riddle
16% of decks · $0.31
Victimize
16% of decks · $1.34
Fang, Fearless l'Cie
16% of decks · $0.30
Demonic Tutor
15% of decks · $69.17
Silundi Vision
15% of decks
Damnation
15% of decks · $21.01
Winternight Stories
15% of decks · $1.79
Lord of the Nazgûl
15% of decks · $3.82
Hullbreaker Horror
15% of decks · $6.03
Rhystic Study
15% of decks · $69.59
Mana Drain
15% of decks · $56.89
Mystic Confluence
15% of decks · $1.03
Dreams of Laguna
15% of decks · $0.26
Malakir Rebirth
14% of decks
Three Steps Ahead
14% of decks · $5.94
Lightning Greaves
14% of decks · $4.00
Stock Up
14% of decks · $1.52
Deep Analysis
14% of decks · $0.23
Snapcaster Mage
14% of decks · $16.93
Glimpse the Unthinkable
13% of decks · $3.54
Murmuring Mystic
13% of decks · $1.77
Drown in the Loch
13% of decks · $1.64
Rite of Replication
13% of decks · $0.30
Thirst for Identity
13% of decks · $0.28
The Dawning Archaic
12% of decks · $0.91
Mystical Tutor
12% of decks · $19.16
Ponder
12% of decks · $3.58
Thirst for Discovery
12% of decks · $0.26
Mystic Remora
12% of decks · $15.08
Swallowed by Leviathan
12% of decks · $0.29
Reality Shift
12% of decks · $0.35
Espers to Magicite
11% of decks · $0.23
Hydroelectric Specimen
11% of decks
Primal Amulet
11% of decks
Cuombajj Witches
11% of decks · $0.21
Bitter Triumph
11% of decks · $0.31
Sapphire Medallion
11% of decks · $8.55
Mai, Scornful Striker
11% of decks · $0.81
Stitcher's Supplier
11% of decks · $0.37
Go for the Throat
11% of decks · $0.62
Prodigal Sorcerer
11% of decks · $0.27
Counterpoint
11% of decks · $0.38
Swiftfoot Boots
11% of decks
Dread Return
11% of decks · $0.60
Dark Deal
10% of decks · $2.21
Tormod, the Desecrator
10% of decks · $0.71
Sea Gate Restoration
10% of decks
Sublime Epiphany
10% of decks · $0.35
River Kelpie
10% of decks · $0.30
Solve the Equation
10% of decks · $4.51
Case of the Ransacked Lab
10% of decks · $0.55
Traumatize
10% of decks · $4.05
Hostile Negotiations
10% of decks · $0.39
Jet Medallion
10% of decks · $14.56
Syphon Mind
9% of decks · $0.31
Hedron Crab
9% of decks · $3.48
Boggart Trawler
9% of decks
Malevolent Hermit
9% of decks
Shark Typhoon
9% of decks · $0.30
Army of the Damned
9% of decks · $1.81
Blood Artist
9% of decks · $3.84
Mindsplice Apparatus
9% of decks · $1.17
Haughty Djinn
9% of decks · $0.33
Mesmeric Orb
9% of decks · $18.03
Blasphemous Edict
8% of decks · $4.13
Muse Seeker
8% of decks · $0.18
Peer into the Abyss
8% of decks · $3.64
Yawgmoth's Will
8% of decks
Flow State
8% of decks · $1.60
Incarnation Technique
8% of decks · $9.43
Faerie Mastermind
8% of decks · $11.66
Shepherd of Rot
8% of decks · $4.54
The Warring Triad
8% of decks · $0.54
Wayfarer's Bauble
8% of decks · $5.61
The Darkness Crystal
8% of decks · $4.03
Thassa's Oracle
8% of decks · $22.32
Lively Dirge
8% of decks · $6.10
Laboratory Maniac
8% of decks · $2.25
Whispering Madness
8% of decks · $3.71
Revenge of Ravens
8% of decks · $0.38
Risky Research
8% of decks · $0.22
Cut Your Losses
8% of decks · $1.64
Search for Azcanta
8% of decks
Consuming Aberration
8% of decks · $0.34
The Master of Lake-town
8% of decks · $0.51
The Water Crystal
7% of decks · $4.45
The Final Days
7% of decks · $0.19
Gitaxian Probe
7% of decks · $4.18
Kitsa, Otterball Elite
7% of decks · $5.39
Afterlife from the Loam
7% of decks · $1.23
Agadeem's Awakening
7% of decks
Relm's Sketching
7% of decks · $0.32
Lotus Petal
7% of decks
Memories Returning
7% of decks · $0.28
Stitch Together
7% of decks · $1.44
Unmarked Grave
6% of decks · $3.49
Careful Study
6% of decks · $5.15
The Soul Stone
6% of decks · $84.20
Mindcrank
6% of decks · $13.22
Uncover the Moon-Letters
6% of decks · $0.29
Animate Dead
6% of decks · $7.00
Chrome Mox
5% of decks · $166.69
New Cards
Geist of Saint Thalia
17% of decks · $0.74
Bilbo, Thief in the Night
16% of decks · $6.94
Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
14% of decks · $8.95
Glamdring, Foe-hammer
12% of decks
Riddles in the Dark
10% of decks · $0.30
Creatures (50)
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
47% of decks · $1.50
Archmage Emeritus
41% of decks · $0.57
Scrawling Crawler
40% of decks · $6.60
Emet-Selch, Unsundered
40% of decks
Ledger Shredder
36% of decks · $9.99
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
31% of decks · $1.32
Talrand, Sky Summoner
31% of decks · $1.82
Baral, Chief of Compliance
30% of decks · $4.76
Talion, the Kindly Lord
29% of decks · $9.00
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
26% of decks · $98.82
Exhibition Tidecaller
26% of decks · $0.44
Thunderclap Drake
25% of decks · $0.77
Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
23% of decks · $0.32
Gravebreaker Lamia
23% of decks · $0.45
Archmage of Runes
22% of decks · $3.67
Millikin
22% of decks · $0.34
Likeness Looter
21% of decks · $2.86
Baleful Strix
21% of decks · $6.67
Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
20% of decks · $0.45
Orcish Bowmasters
19% of decks · $44.46
Deranged Assistant
18% of decks · $0.28
Sedgemoor Witch
18% of decks · $3.90
Syr Konrad, the Grim
17% of decks · $1.78
Fang, Fearless l'Cie
16% of decks · $0.30
Lord of the Nazgûl
15% of decks · $3.82
Hullbreaker Horror
15% of decks · $6.03
Snapcaster Mage
14% of decks · $16.93
Murmuring Mystic
13% of decks · $1.77
The Dawning Archaic
12% of decks · $0.91
Hydroelectric Specimen
11% of decks
Cuombajj Witches
11% of decks · $0.21
Mai, Scornful Striker
11% of decks · $0.81
Stitcher's Supplier
11% of decks · $0.37
Prodigal Sorcerer
11% of decks · $0.27
Tormod, the Desecrator
10% of decks · $0.71
River Kelpie
10% of decks · $0.30
Hedron Crab
9% of decks · $3.48
Boggart Trawler
9% of decks
Malevolent Hermit
9% of decks
Blood Artist
9% of decks · $3.84
Haughty Djinn
9% of decks · $0.33
Muse Seeker
8% of decks · $0.18
Faerie Mastermind
8% of decks · $11.66
Shepherd of Rot
8% of decks · $4.54
The Warring Triad
8% of decks · $0.54
Thassa's Oracle
8% of decks · $22.32
Laboratory Maniac
8% of decks · $2.25
Consuming Aberration
8% of decks · $0.34
The Master of Lake-town
8% of decks · $0.51
Kitsa, Otterball Elite
7% of decks · $5.39
Instants (50)
Withering Torment
44% of decks · $1.58
Counterspell
44% of decks · $4.28
Forbidden Alchemy
41% of decks · $0.27
Waterlogged Teachings
40% of decks
Fell the Profane
40% of decks
Unwind
39% of decks · $1.61
Rewind
37% of decks · $0.46
An Offer You Can't Refuse
36% of decks · $3.16
Aetherize
34% of decks · $0.49
Consider
34% of decks · $0.34
Sink into Stupor
33% of decks
Arcane Denial
31% of decks · $2.03
Deadly Rollick
28% of decks · $28.68
Negate
27% of decks · $0.24
Otherworldly Gaze
26% of decks · $0.30
Snap
25% of decks · $3.97
Cyclonic Rift
25% of decks · $39.16
Entomb
24% of decks · $18.29
Gifts Ungiven
23% of decks · $5.61
Countersquall
22% of decks · $0.91
Soul Shatter
22% of decks · $6.14
Thought Scour
20% of decks · $0.61
Brainstorm
20% of decks · $0.57
Mana Sculpt
20% of decks · $0.88
Infernal Grasp
19% of decks · $0.33
Overkill
19% of decks · $0.30
Cabal Ritual
19% of decks
Swan Song
18% of decks · $10.60
Lethal Scheme
18% of decks · $0.27
Snuff Out
17% of decks · $12.98
Fierce Guardianship
17% of decks · $63.65
Confounding Riddle
16% of decks · $0.31
Silundi Vision
15% of decks
Mana Drain
15% of decks · $56.89
Mystic Confluence
15% of decks · $1.03
Dreams of Laguna
15% of decks · $0.26
Malakir Rebirth
14% of decks
Three Steps Ahead
14% of decks · $5.94
Drown in the Loch
13% of decks · $1.64
Thirst for Identity
13% of decks · $0.28
Mystical Tutor
12% of decks · $19.16
Thirst for Discovery
12% of decks · $0.26
Swallowed by Leviathan
12% of decks · $0.29
Reality Shift
12% of decks · $0.35
Espers to Magicite
11% of decks · $0.23
Bitter Triumph
11% of decks · $0.31
Go for the Throat
11% of decks · $0.62
Counterpoint
11% of decks · $0.38
Sublime Epiphany
10% of decks · $0.35
Hostile Negotiations
10% of decks · $0.39
Sorceries (50)
Exsanguinate
46% of decks · $0.40
Toxic Deluge
45% of decks · $5.17
Singularity Rupture
38% of decks · $1.89
Feed the Swarm
38% of decks · $0.24
Lórien Revealed
32% of decks · $5.68
Rise of the Dark Realms
32% of decks · $6.49
Cornered by Black Mages
30% of decks · $0.21
Diresight
28% of decks · $0.17
Will of the Abzan
24% of decks · $4.47
Torment of Hailfire
23% of decks · $36.34
See the Truth
22% of decks · $0.61
Dream Harvest
21% of decks · $0.32
Extract from Darkness
18% of decks · $0.31
Rise from the Tides
17% of decks · $0.23
Inspiration from Beyond
16% of decks · $0.25
Resentful Revelation
16% of decks · $0.22
Victimize
16% of decks · $1.34
Demonic Tutor
15% of decks · $69.17
Damnation
15% of decks · $21.01
Winternight Stories
15% of decks · $1.79
Stock Up
14% of decks · $1.52
Deep Analysis
14% of decks · $0.23
Glimpse the Unthinkable
13% of decks · $3.54
Rite of Replication
13% of decks · $0.30
Ponder
12% of decks · $3.58
Dread Return
11% of decks · $0.60
Dark Deal
10% of decks · $2.21
Sea Gate Restoration
10% of decks
Solve the Equation
10% of decks · $4.51
Traumatize
10% of decks · $4.05
Syphon Mind
9% of decks · $0.31
Army of the Damned
9% of decks · $1.81
Blasphemous Edict
8% of decks · $4.13
Peer into the Abyss
8% of decks · $3.64
Yawgmoth's Will
8% of decks
Flow State
8% of decks · $1.60
Incarnation Technique
8% of decks · $9.43
Lively Dirge
8% of decks · $6.10
Whispering Madness
8% of decks · $3.71
Risky Research
8% of decks · $0.22
Cut Your Losses
8% of decks · $1.64
The Final Days
7% of decks · $0.19
Gitaxian Probe
7% of decks · $4.18
Afterlife from the Loam
7% of decks · $1.23
Agadeem's Awakening
7% of decks
Relm's Sketching
7% of decks · $0.32
Memories Returning
7% of decks · $0.28
Stitch Together
7% of decks · $1.44
Unmarked Grave
6% of decks · $3.49
Careful Study
6% of decks · $5.15
Utility Artifacts (12)
Black Mage's Rod
35% of decks · $0.26
Lightning Greaves
14% of decks · $4.00
Primal Amulet
11% of decks
Sapphire Medallion
11% of decks · $8.55
Swiftfoot Boots
11% of decks
Jet Medallion
10% of decks · $14.56
Mindsplice Apparatus
9% of decks · $1.17
Mesmeric Orb
9% of decks · $18.03
Wayfarer's Bauble
8% of decks · $5.61
The Darkness Crystal
8% of decks · $4.03
The Water Crystal
7% of decks · $4.45
Mindcrank
6% of decks · $13.22
Mana Artifacts (11)
Arcane Signet
83% of decks · $0.49
Sol Ring
81% of decks · $1.38
Talisman of Dominance
66% of decks · $0.44
Dimir Signet
56% of decks · $0.30
Bender's Waterskin
41% of decks · $0.89
Fellwar Stone
36% of decks
Thought Vessel
28% of decks
Mind Stone
21% of decks
Lotus Petal
7% of decks
The Soul Stone
6% of decks · $84.20
Chrome Mox
5% of decks · $166.69
Enchantments (13)
Teval's Judgment
44% of decks · $9.47
Ripples of Undeath
31% of decks · $8.82
Underworld Dreams
26% of decks · $2.35
Bloodchief Ascension
24% of decks · $21.38
Propaganda
23% of decks · $2.22
Rhystic Study
15% of decks · $69.59
Mystic Remora
12% of decks · $15.08
Case of the Ransacked Lab
10% of decks · $0.55
Shark Typhoon
9% of decks · $0.30
Revenge of Ravens
8% of decks · $0.38
Search for Azcanta
8% of decks
Uncover the Moon-Letters
6% of decks · $0.29
Animate Dead
6% of decks · $7.00
Planeswalkers (1)
Professor Onyx
17% of decks · $4.76
Utility Lands (19)
Bojuka Bog
44% of decks
Mystic Sanctuary
28% of decks
Reliquary Tower
26% of decks
Otawara, Soaring City
26% of decks
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
22% of decks
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
22% of decks
Cephalid Coliseum
14% of decks
Riptide Laboratory
12% of decks
Cabal Coffers
11% of decks
Spymaster's Vault
9% of decks
Mistrise Village
8% of decks
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
8% of decks
Agna Qel'a
8% of decks
Ancient Tomb
7% of decks
Geier Reach Sanitarium
7% of decks
Sunscorched Desert
6% of decks
Restless Reef
6% of decks
Temple of the False God
5% of decks
Emergence Zone
5% of decks
Lands (50)
Island
98% of decks
Swamp
97% of decks
Command Tower
89% of decks
Drowned Catacomb
71% of decks
Sunken Hollow
66% of decks
Underground River
59% of decks
Watery Grave
59% of decks
Shipwreck Marsh
47% of decks
Morphic Pool
46% of decks
Tainted Isle
45% of decks
Choked Estuary
44% of decks
Polluted Delta
43% of decks
Darkwater Catacombs
42% of decks
Undercity Sewers
42% of decks
Gloomlake Verge
41% of decks
Waterlogged Teachings
40% of decks
Fell the Profane
40% of decks
Sunken Ruins
38% of decks
Exotic Orchard
34% of decks
Sink into Stupor
33% of decks
Dimir Aqueduct
32% of decks
Clearwater Pathway
29% of decks
Temple of Deceit
21% of decks
Fetid Pools
17% of decks
Silundi Vision
15% of decks
Soured Springs
15% of decks
Underground Sea
15% of decks
Malakir Rebirth
14% of decks
Fabled Passage
14% of decks
Darkslick Shores
12% of decks
Evolving Wilds
12% of decks
Path of Ancestry
12% of decks
Hydroelectric Specimen
11% of decks
Sea Gate Restoration
10% of decks
Bloodstained Mire
10% of decks
Flooded Strand
10% of decks
Scalding Tarn
10% of decks
Misty Rainforest
10% of decks
Boggart Trawler
9% of decks
Myriad Landscape
9% of decks
Verdant Catacombs
9% of decks
Marsh Flats
9% of decks
Terramorphic Expanse
8% of decks
Contaminated Aquifer
8% of decks
Prismatic Vista
7% of decks
Hagra Mauling
7% of decks
Agadeem's Awakening
7% of decks
Hidden Lair
7% of decks
Demolition Field
7% of decks
Mana Confluence
7% of decks
Play-rate data via EDHREC. Card images and prices via Scryfall.
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