Emergent Haunting
Enchantment
At the beginning of your end step, if you haven't cast a spell from your hand this turn and this enchantment isn't a creature, it becomes a 3/3 Spirit creature with flying in addition to its other types.
: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #24803
Emergent Haunting puts a 1/1 white Spirit token with flying onto the battlefield and replaces itself with a black enchantment permanent — two relevant bodies for one mana when you have an enchantment to sacrifice. It's a clean one-mana engine piece for enchantress and Spirits builds that want both token density and enchantment recursion fuel.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Emergent Haunting earns a slot in enchantress decks that care about enchantment density — Siona, Captain of the Pyleas and Tuvasa the Sunlit both want every low-cost enchantment they can get — and in Spirits tribal shells where the flying token is more than incidental. Outside Commander, Emergent Haunting is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the competition at one mana in eternal formats is steep enough that it's a fringe consideration at best. Standard and Pioneer are its most realistic non-Commander homes, where enchantment-matters or Spirits synergies can push it into playable territory.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Emergent Haunting is pure bulk — you're paying for a playset out of pocket change. Bulk rares with narrow synergy profiles rarely climb unless a new commander or mechanic puts them on the map, so treat this as a cheap pickup for the decks that want it, not a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.