Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
Emet-Selch of the Third Seat: Legendary Creature - Elder Wizard, Final Fantasy Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Elder Wizard
- Colour identity
- Blue and black (UB)
- Power / toughness
- 3/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Final Fantasy Commander (FIC)
- Released
- 2025-06-13
- Collector number
- 81
- Artist
- Magali Villeneuve
- Commander rank
- 3,162 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and black legendary creature from Final Fantasy Commander (FIC), a Commander product released in June 2025. It is collector number 81 in that set, with art by Magali Villeneuve. It costs {2}{U}{B} (two generic, one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Final Fantasy Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.40 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Spells you cast from your graveyard cost {2} less to cast.
Whenever one or more opponents lose life, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Do this only once each turn.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.40 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Emet-Selch of the Third Seat by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #473 | Rare | 2025 |
| Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #170 | Rare | 2025 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Emet-Selch of the Third Seat, newest first.
- You choose whether to cast the target card while Emet-Selch of the Third Seat's second ability is still on the stack. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn. Timing restrictions based on the card's type are ignored.
- The cost reduction applies only to generic mana in the total cost of spells you cast from your graveyard.
- To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a flashback cost), add any cost increases (such as kicker costs), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Emet-Selch of the Third Seat's first ability). The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue and black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Emet-Selch of the Third Seat is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.