Emrakul's Hatcher
Creature — Eldrazi Drone
When this creature enters, create three 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens. They have "Sacrifice this token: Add 
."
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #6978
Emrakul's Hatcher drops five power worth of bodies across four permanents for five mana and generates three Eldrazi Spawn to pay for its own cost next turn — that's a genuinely efficient rate once you account for the mana refund. Pair it with Purphoros, God of the Forge for eight damage on entry, or blink it with Eldrazi Displacer to loop the whole package indefinitely.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Purphoros, God of the Forge
Purphoros, God of the Forge converts Emrakul's Hatcher's four creatures entering simultaneously into eight damage — no combat required, no summoning sickness matters.
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden mills from the bottom, and Emrakul's Hatcher's power-2 body sits in the sweet spot to be reanimated for two mana; the three Spawn tokens it generates help pay for subsequent Grenzo activations the same turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Emrakul's Hatcher is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but competitive non-rotating formats effectively ignore it — five mana for a 3/3 plus tokens doesn't clear the bar in Legacy or Vintage, and Modern has faster, cheaper token engines. Pauper is the only non-Commander context where it sees any real play, slotting into Eldrazi Spawn sacrifice shells that want bodies and mana in the same package. Commander is where Emrakul's Hatcher earns its keep, specifically in ETB-trigger decks and blink loops where the four simultaneous enters-the-battlefield triggers do real work and the Spawn subsidize future turns.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Emrakul's HatcherEldrazi Displacer
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Emrakul's HatcherEmiel the Blessed
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Emrakul's Hatcher is deep bulk — a card you pick up as an afterthought in a collection trade or grab four copies of for under $1.50. It's been reprinted enough to stay near the floor, so don't expect the price to move meaningfully in either direction.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.