Monstrous Emergence

{1}{G} · Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast this spell, choose a creature you control or reveal a creature card from your hand. Monstrous Emergence deals damage equal to the power of the creature you chose or the card you revealed to target creature.

Rulings (1)

Sep 20, 2024 · If you chose a creature on the battlefield, use that creature's power when Monstrous Emergence resolves to determine how much damage is dealt. If that creature is no longer on the battlefield when Monstrous Emergence resolves, use that creature's power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much damage is dealt.

LegacyLegal

VintageLegal

ModernLegal

PioneerLegal

StandardLegal

PauperLegal

PremodernNot legal

cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype · Pauper

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=111 decks

Archetype	Format	Inclusion	Copies	Decks (n)
Elves	Pauper	83.1%	3–4×	59
Tron	Pauper	24.3%	2–4×	37
Gruul Ramp	Pauper	6.7%	2×	15

Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

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