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Retreat to Emeria

Enchantment

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, choose one —
• Create a 1/1 white Kor Ally creature token.
• Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Battle for Zendikar
Price
$0.32
EDHREC rank
#5964
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Retreat to Emeria card art
Retreat to Emeria turns every land drop into either a 1/1 Human token or a +1/+1 counter spread across your creatures — repeatable, permanent, and triggered by something you're already doing. Landfall commanders like Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor run it as a default, and Haru, Hidden Talent treats it as a counter engine that never needs reloading.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor

Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor

23.9% of decks · synergy 0.23

Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor animates lands and distributes +1/+1 counters through landfall, so Retreat to Emeria doubles up on that trigger every time a land hits play — more counters or more bodies with zero additional mana spent.

02
Katara, the Fearless

Katara, the Fearless

18.6% of decks · synergy 0.18

Katara, the Fearless wants creatures hitting the board repeatedly to fuel her combat-damage payoffs, and Retreat to Emeria delivers a Human token on every land drop without requiring any spell investment.

03
Karametra, God of Harvests

Karametra, God of Harvests

17.9% of decks · synergy 0.17

Karametra, God of Harvests fetches lands whenever you cast creatures, creating a self-feeding loop where Retreat to Emeria converts each tutored land into another token or a counter bump across the board.

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

Retreat to Emeria is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it barely registers outside Commander. In Modern and Pioneer the four-mana enchantment is too slow relative to what those formats demand, and token production at one per land drop can't compete with dedicated synergy pieces that operate on turn two or three. Commander is where Retreat to Emeria actually earns its slot: in a 100-card singleton format built around a landfall theme, it generates value across the entire game without costing any cards after the initial cast. The +1/+1 counter mode is underrated — it scales with board width, which makes it quietly threatening in go-wide lists that aren't primarily landfall-focused.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

487 decks
Retreat to EmeriaHaru, Hidden TalentCabaretti Courtyard

Retreat to EmeriaHaru, Hidden TalentCabaretti Courtyard

Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite landfall triggers; Infinite landfall triggers; Put all basic Mountains from your library onto the battlefield tapped; Put all basic Forests from your library onto the battlefield tapped; Put all basic Plains from your library onto the battlefield tapped

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Price Context

Current price

$0.32 bulk tier

At $0.32, Retreat to Emeria sits firmly in bulk territory, which makes it one of the easiest includes to justify in any landfall build on a budget. That price is unlikely to move significantly given the card's narrow appeal outside Commander, so pick it up without hesitation whenever you need it.

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