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Inalla, Archmage Ritualist

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

Eminence — Whenever another nontoken Wizard you control enters, if Inalla is in the command zone or on the battlefield, you may pay {1}. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that Wizard. The token gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
Tap five untapped Wizards you control: Target player loses 7 life.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{2}{U}{B}{R}
Color identity
BRU
Rarity
mythic
Set
Secret Lair Drop
Price
$10.47
EDHREC rank
#8409
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Inalla, Archmage Ritualist card art
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist turns every Wizard entering the battlefield into a free hasty token — and that token triggers the same enters-the-battlefield ability again, creating loops so fast they end games at instant speed. The clearest proof of power is Bloodline Necromancer: one Wizard entry becomes an infinite loop that drains the table before opponents can respond.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is the only format where Inalla, Archmage Ritualist is doing real work — she's legal in Legacy and Vintage as well, but a five-mana legendary creature isn't competing in those 60-card environments and sees essentially zero play there. In Commander she pulls double duty: she can sit in the command zone as the deck's engine, or slot into the 99 of any Grixis Wizard-tribal build that wants the eminence trigger without committing to her as the face. Oathbreaker is technically legal, but at five mana she's too slow for that format's compressed game length.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

4,507 decks
Inalla, Archmage RitualistBloodline NecromancerRuthless Technomancer

Inalla, Archmage RitualistBloodline NecromancerRuthless Technomancer

Infinite colored mana; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite lifeloss; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite Treasure tokens; Return all creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield

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Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

No single card replicates what Inalla, Archmage Ritualist does — the eminence clause is unique — but Arcane Adaptation or Conspiracy can extend the Wizard type to your whole board, letting other tribal payoffs pick up some of the slack. If the goal is token doubling specifically, Panharmonicon doubles the enters-the-battlefield triggers your Wizards generate, though it won't replace the speed or the infinite-combo ceiling Inalla provides.

Price Context

Current price

$10.47 mid tier

At $10.47, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist sits in the mid tier — reasonable for a card that is literally the commander of a 60-card precon archetype and the engine behind multiple infinite loops. Demand is stable because she's one of the few eminence commanders worth building around, so the price is unlikely to crater absent a reprint.

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