Emperor Mihail II
Emperor Mihail II: Legendary Creature - Merfolk Noble, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Merfolk Noble
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 3/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Collector number
- 155
- Artist
- PINDURSKI
- Commander rank
- 4,191 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Emperor Mihail II
Emperor Mihail II is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue legendary creature from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC), a Commander product released in November 2023. It is collector number 155 in that set, with art by PINDURSKI. It costs {1}{U}{U} (one generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Dominaria United Commander (2022) to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (2023). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.56 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast Merfolk spells from the top of your library.
Whenever you cast a Merfolk spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.56 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Emperor Mihail II by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Emperor Mihail II
Emperor Mihail II has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Dominaria United Commander (DMC) #23 | Rare | 2022 |
| Dominaria United Commander (DMC) #73 | Rare | 2022 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Emperor Mihail II, newest first.
- The last ability triggers whenever you cast any Merfolk spell, not just when you cast a Merfolk spell from the top of your library. It will resolve before the spell that caused it to trigger, even if that spell has been countered or otherwise left the stack.
- If the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability, you can't look at the new top card until you finish doing so. This means that if you cast the top card of your library, you can't look at the next one until you're done paying for that spell.
- You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions of the cards you play from your library.
- Emperor Mihail II lets you look at the top card of your library whenever you want (with one restriction-see below), even if you don't have priority. This action doesn't use the stack. Knowing what that card is becomes part of the information you have access to, just like you can look at the cards in your hand.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Emperor Mihail II is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.