Mockery of Nature
Creature — Eldrazi Beast
Emerge 
(You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.)
When you cast this spell, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.
- CMC
- 9
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #18854
Mockery of Nature staples a free Naturalize onto an 8/8 trampler — you get artifact or enchantment removal the turn it enters, then a massive body that demands an answer. The emerge cost makes it legitimately castable in any deck that sacrifices creatures, and the floor is still a fat threat even when you have nothing worth blowing up.
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 |
Mockery of Nature lives in Commander, where emerge synergizes with sacrifice-happy strategies and the 8/8 body closes games against unprepared tables. In competitive formats like Modern and Legacy the emerge reduction rarely fires consistently enough to justify an 8-drop slot, and the Naturalize effect isn't close to the removal efficiency those formats demand. Pioneer is the same story — the card is legal but functionally too slow and too situational to see play. Oathbreaker can occasionally support it in big-mana or self-sacrifice shells, but Commander is unambiguously the home.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Mockery of Nature isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. Given its niche role as a value emerge threat rather than a staple, it has historically sat in bulk-rare territory — likely an easy pickup if the emerge synergy fits your deck.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.