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Emry, Lurker of the Loch

Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)
When Emry enters, mill four cards.
{T}: Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Throne of Eldraine
Price
$1.76
EDHREC rank
#619
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Emry, Lurker of the Loch card art
Emry, Lurker of the Loch costs as little as one blue mana in artifact-heavy shells and immediately starts recurring anything from Mindslaver on down — that cost reduction alone makes her a staple rather than a consideration. Mishra, Eminent One runs her in nearly 79% of decks for good reason: she's a repeatable artifact engine that costs next to nothing to deploy.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Mishra, Eminent One

Mishra, Eminent One

78.9% of decks · synergy 0.75

Mishra, Eminent One's gameplan runs on artifacts dying and recurring, so Emry, Lurker of the Loch plugs in as a free engine that keeps fuel flowing back from the graveyard every turn.

02
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider

Lara Croft, Tomb Raider

74.6% of decks · synergy 0.73

Lara Croft, Tomb Raider wants artifacts in the graveyard as a resource, and Emry, Lurker of the Loch turns that pile into a repeatable replay engine while also milling more artifacts into position on entry.

04

Tetzin, Gnome Champion

75.0% of decks · synergy 0.66

Tetzin, Gnome Champion's artifact-centric strategy means the graveyard fills fast, and Emry, Lurker of the Loch converts that into sustained advantage by casting key pieces back turn after turn.

05
Ashnod the Uncaring

Ashnod the Uncaring

68.1% of decks · synergy 0.64

Ashnod the Uncaring sacrifices artifacts for value, and Emry, Lurker of the Loch closes the loop by pulling those same pieces back out of the graveyard to feed the engine again.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Emry, Lurker of the Loch is a genuine staple — cheap to cast, immediately impactful, and better the more artifacts a deck runs. Legacy sees her as a fringe combo piece capable of generating degenerate loops with zero-mana artifacts and sacrifice outlets, though the format's speed limits how often she takes over. Modern treats her similarly, as a card that does nothing on her own but goes infinite surprisingly fast in dedicated artifact shells. Pioneer is where her power drops off most noticeably — the artifact density of competitive Pioneer decks rarely supports her cost reduction and recursion axis at a high enough level. Vintage and Oathbreaker round out her legal formats, and in both she functions the same way she does elsewhere: a low-cost enabler who rewards you for already doing what artifact decks want to do.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$1.76 cheap tier

At $1.76, Emry, Lurker of the Loch sits firmly in the cheap tier — a negligible ask for a card with legitimate competitive applications across multiple formats. That price is unlikely to climb dramatically given multiple printings, but it is absolutely not going to feel expensive in any artifact deck that wants her.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.