Emberwilde Caliph
Creature — Djinn
Flying, trample
This creature attacks each combat if able.
Whenever this creature deals damage, you lose that much life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.58
- EDHREC rank
- #29682
Emberwilde Caliph lands as a 3/3 flying first striker that drains the table whenever the monarch gets stolen — which happens constantly in multiplayer. The catch is real: you hand the monarch to an opponent on entry, so you're paying four mana to give away card advantage and hope to punish whoever takes it back.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Emberwilde Caliph is a Commander card through and through — the monarch mechanic scales with the number of opponents, and a four-player game turns each stolen crown into a meaningful drain. In Legacy and Vintage it's legally playable but practically absent; a four-mana 3/3 that gives the opponent a free card draw on entry is nowhere near competitive in those formats. Commander is the one context where the political chaos of the monarch, combined with the recurring drain, makes the Caliph worth the downside.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.58 bulk tier
At $0.58, Emberwilde Caliph sits firmly in bulk territory — this is a card you pick up without thinking about the price. It's a narrow enough card that demand is unlikely to push it higher, so grab copies now if the deck calls for it and don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.