Emperor Mihail II
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Noble
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast Merfolk spells from the top of your library.
Whenever you cast a Merfolk spell, you may pay . If you do, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token.
3 / 3
- Set
- Dominaria United Commander (DMC #73)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 3
- Released
- 2022-09-09
- Artist
- PINDURSKI
- EDHREC rank
- #4,200
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Merrow Reejerey
- Svyelun of Sea and Sky
- Merfolk Sovereign
- Master of the Pearl Trident
- Stonybrook Banneret
- Deeproot Waters
- Kopala, Warden of Waves
- Vodalian Hexcatcher
- Seafloor Oracle
- Lord of Atlantis
- Deeproot Pilgrimage
- Merrow Harbinger
- Merrow Commerce
- Mist Dancer
- Lullmage Mentor
- Coralhelm Commander
- Merfolk Trickster
- Reflections of Littjara
- Deepchannel Mentor
- Thieving Skydiver
- Tide Shaper
- Harbinger of the Tides
- River Sneak
- Aquitect's Will
- Harbinger of the Seas
- Kindred Discovery
- Distant Melody
- Tishana's Tidebinder
- Mist-Cloaked Herald
- Triton Shorestalker
- Tempest Caller
- Silvergill Adept
- Path of Ancestry
- Bident of Thassa
- Mindspring Merfolk
- Wanderwine Prophets
- Cursecatcher
- Herald's Horn
- Cosi's Trickster
- Seahunter
- Thada Adel, Acquisitor
- Thassa's Rebuff
- Kefnet's Monument
- Merfolk Looter
- True-Name Nemesis
- Streambed Aquitects
- Raise the Palisade
- Silvergill Mentor
- Harmonized Crescendo
- Attuma, Atlantean Warlord
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Island
- Merrow Reejerey
- Svyelun of Sea and Sky
- Master of the Pearl Trident
- Merfolk Sovereign
- Stonybrook Banneret
- Kopala, Warden of Waves
- Deeproot Waters
- Vodalian Hexcatcher
- Seafloor Oracle
- Lord of Atlantis
- Deeproot Pilgrimage
- Sol Ring
- Counterspell
- Merrow Commerce
- Merrow Harbinger
- Mist Dancer
- Lullmage Mentor
- Sapphire Medallion
- Reflections of Littjara
- Merfolk Trickster
- Coralhelm Commander
- Thieving Skydiver
- Deepchannel Mentor
- Arcane Signet
- Aquitect's Will
- Harbinger of the Seas
- Tide Shaper
- Reliquary Tower
- Bident of Thassa
- Harbinger of the Tides
- Kindred Discovery
- River Sneak
- Distant Melody
- High Tide
- Tishana's Tidebinder
- Mist-Cloaked Herald
- Triton Shorestalker
- Path of Ancestry
- Negate
- Tempest Caller
- Silvergill Adept
- Mystic Sanctuary
- Mindspring Merfolk
- Wanderwine Prophets
- Aetherize
- Cursecatcher
- Thought Vessel
- Brainstorm
- Rapid Hybridization
Format legality
Rulings
- 2022-09-09
Emperor Mihail II lets you look at the top card of your library whenever you want (with one restriction—see below), even if you don't have priority. This action doesn't use the stack. Knowing what that card is becomes part of the information you have access to, just like you can look at the cards in your hand.
- 2022-09-09
If the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability, you can't look at the new top card until you finish doing so. This means that if you cast the top card of your library, you can't look at the next one until you're done paying for that spell.
- 2022-09-09
The last ability triggers whenever you cast any Merfolk spell, not just when you cast a Merfolk spell from the top of your library. It will resolve before the spell that caused it to trigger, even if that spell has been countered or otherwise left the stack.
- 2022-09-09
You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions of the cards you play from your library.