Emergency Powers
Instant
Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. Exile Emergency Powers.
Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, you may put a permanent card with mana value 7 or less from your hand onto the battlefield.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #10514
Emergency Powers resets both players' hands to seven and drops a land from your hand onto the battlefield untapped — the symmetry is the cost, and the land clause is why you run it. In the right shell that symmetry is an illusion: if you care about the cards you draw more than your opponents do, seven fresh cards plus a free land is one of the most explosive refuels available at seven mana.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Heliod, the Radiant Dawn
Heliod, the Radiant Dawn recurs enchantments from the graveyard, and Emergency Powers pairs with that recursion loop by digging seven cards deep into enchantment payoffs while resetting a hand that's already spent its resources — the land-drop rider means Heliod hits the battlefield ahead of curve the turn you cast it.
Queza, Augur of Agonies
Queza, Augur of Agonies drains opponents for every card drawn, so Emergency Powers refilling all hands to seven is three triggered drain-and-gain sequences firing simultaneously — the symmetrical draw becomes a one-sided life-total swing the moment Queza is in play.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Emergency Powers earns its slot, specifically in draw-payoff or enchantment-recursion decks that convert the symmetrical refuel into a lopsided advantage. In a three-player pod, the 'opponents also draw seven' clause becomes even more dangerous without a built-in engine to punish the draws, so slot it only where the payoff is immediate. In Legacy and Vintage, seven mana is simply uncastable without a dedicated ramp or cheat package, and those formats have faster, cheaper ways to reload. Pioneer and Modern share the same problem — the mana cost and symmetry both work against it in fair gameplan contexts, leaving it as a fringe combo piece at best. Oathbreaker can reward it in the same drain-payoff shells that Commander does, at a slightly lower power ceiling.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Emergency Powers at this time, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for current market rate. Given its narrow best-fit homes and the symmetry clause that limits general appeal, it has historically settled in the budget-to-mid range — worth picking up if you're building the specific commanders that abuse the draw trigger.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Heliod, the Radiant Dawn
- Queza, Augur of Agonies
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.