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Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall

First printed in Secrets of Strixhaven (2026)

All 4 prints

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  • Secrets of Strixhaven Promos (PSOS) #45p, 2026
  • Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #306, 2026
  • Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #315, 2026
  • Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #45, 2026

Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall

Creature — Human Wizard // Instant

Flying, ward 2 generic
This creature enters prepared.
Whenever this creature attacks, you may exile eight cards from your graveyard. If you do, this creature becomes prepared.
//
Target player draws three cards.

In the last 30 days 13.7% of Standard decks played it (13 of 95). Most played in UB (unclassified).

Staple

Last 120 days of MTGO results.

Legality

Constructed

  • Standard Legal
  • Pioneer Legal
  • Modern Legal
  • Legacy Legal
  • Vintage Legal
  • Pauper Not legal
  • Future Standard Legal
  • Historic Legal
  • Timeless Legal
  • Alchemy Legal
  • Penny Dreadful Not legal
  • Premodern Not legal
  • Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

  • Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

  • Commander Legal
  • Duel Commander Legal
  • Pauper Commander Not legal
  • PreDH Not legal
  • Tiny Leaders Not legal
  • Oathbreaker Legal
  • Brawl Legal
  • Standard Brawl Legal
  • Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta
share of the archetype in the format
Play it
decks of the archetype that play this card
Together
decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift
how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Standard Other periods →

In 13 of 95 decks (13.7%).

Share of decks
13.7%
vs previous 30 days
Decks
13
4 main, 12 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.3
in the main deck
Win rate
64%
2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
UB (unclassified) 12.6% 75%
Azorius Control 5.3% 80%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Duress100%7.9
Superior Spider-Man100%7.9
Undercity Sewers100%7.3
Winternight Stories100%7.3
Deceit100%7.3
Deadly Cover-Up100%6.8
Theorix Charm100%6.8
Seasoned Cryomancer100%6.3
Shipwreck Marsh100%4.0
Restless Reef100%3.8

Best win rate

DeckRecord
UB
pepeteam in Standard Challenge 32		 9-1
90%
UB
vtuberArmpits in Standard Challenge 32		 7-2
78%
UB
sedotwc in Standard Challenge 32		 5-2
71%
Azorius Control
GregorV in Standard Challenge 32		 3-2
60%
UB
VitorCarvalho01 in Standard Challenge 32		 4-3
57%
UB
Kneki in Standard Challenge 32		 4-3
57%
Azorius Control
WinSano in Standard Challenge 16		 2-4
33%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
UB
Kneki, 		2 side 5-0
UB
KevinCon, 		1 side 5-0
Azorius Control
mindslaver909, 		2 side 5-0
UB
pepeteam, 		1 main
1 side		 #1
9-1
UB
vtuberArmpits, 		2 side #4
7-2
UB
sedotwc, 		1 main #10
5-2
UB
VitorCarvalho01, 		2 main
1 side		 #24
4-3
UB
Kneki, 		2 side #27
4-3

No recent decks in: Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander.