Emergent Sequence
Sorcery
Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. That land becomes a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature that's still a land. Put a +1/+1 counter on it for each land you had enter the battlefield under your control this turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #10814
Emergent Sequence puts a tapped Forest onto the battlefield and makes it a 1/1 creature — ramp and a body for two mana, no strings attached. It's a clean rate in any land-matters or creature-land shell, and Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir turns that free creature into an immediate card draw trigger.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir
Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir draws a card whenever a creature enters on your turn, so Emergent Sequence's land-creature does double duty: it ramps and replaces itself at instant speed if you hold it for the end step.
Jyoti, Moag Ancient
Jyoti, Moag Ancient generates Forest tokens whenever lands enter, so Emergent Sequence's Forest entry triggers a free 1/1 on top of the one it already creates — two bodies and a land for two mana.
Illuna, Apex of Wishes
Illuna, Apex of Wishes wants a healthy density of non-token permanents to mutate onto, and Emergent Sequence's creature-land is a legal mutation target that also advances your mana development.
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 |
In Commander, Emergent Sequence earns its slot in any deck that cares about lands entering, creatures entering, or both — the overlap with landfall and creature-token payoffs is wide enough that it sees play well beyond dedicated land-matters builds. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, two-mana ramp that produces a tapped land is almost always too slow; Emergent Sequence sits firmly in the unplayable tier there. Legacy and Vintage have no interest either — the power ceiling on two-mana sorceries in those formats is simply too high. Commander is where Emergent Sequence actually lives, and the creature-land upside is exactly what separates it from a plain Rampant Growth in the right 99.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Emergent Sequence is bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar box or grabbing a playset for under a dollar. Bulk ramp spells with narrow upside don't typically climb in price, so expect it to stay in this tier unless a high-profile Commander precon reprint resets supply further.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir
- Jyoti, Moag Ancient
- Illuna, Apex of Wishes
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.