Retreat to Emeria
Retreat to Emeria: Enchantment, Zendikar Rising Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{W}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC)
- Released
- 2020-09-25
- Collector number
- 20
- Artist
- Kieran Yanner
- Keywords
- Landfall
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About Retreat to Emeria
Retreat to Emeria is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white enchantment from Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC), a Commander product released in September 2020. It is collector number 20 in that set, with art by Kieran Yanner. It costs {3}{W} (three generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Battle for Zendikar (2015) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.28 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.28 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Retreat to Emeria by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Retreat to Emeria
Retreat to Emeria has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #BFZ-44 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| Battle for Zendikar (BFZ) #44 | Uncommon | 2015 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Retreat to Emeria, newest first.
- A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.
- A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.
- Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of the permanents you control will trigger. You can put them on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve (As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.).
Similar cards
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