Mighty Emergence
Enchantment
Whenever a creature you control with power 5 or greater enters, you may put two +1/+1 counters on it.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #21250
Mighty Emergence puts a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 4 or greater — every big spell becomes a board-wide upgrade. Two mana is a real rate for that effect, and in any Commander deck built around expensive creatures, it snowballs fast.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mighty Emergence lives almost entirely in Commander, where the singleton format and multiplayer timescale give you the repetition needed to make a two-mana enchantment pay off. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage are theoretically legal formats, but those environments don't have room for a slow incremental enchantment that requires a critical mass of four-plus mana creatures to function. In Commander, the card slots naturally into any battlecruiser or +1/+1 counter strategy — Atraxa builds, Kaalia shells, anything casting threats at the top of the curve gets a quiet multiplier sitting in the background.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Mighty Emergence is deep bulk — you're paying a few cents for a real effect, which makes it an easy inclusion when it fits the deck. Bulk enchantments with narrow homes tend to stay at this price floor, so there's no urgency either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.