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Emperor Mihail II

First printed in Dominaria United Commander (2022)

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Emperor Mihail II

Legendary Creature — Merfolk Noble

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 generic. If you do, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token.

3/3

Illustrated by
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Legality

Rulings (4)

  • 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.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.66 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

Commander In 4 of 5965 decks (0.1%), most in Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Share of decks
0.1%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-17: 0.0% 2026-08-24: 0.0% 2026-08-31: 0.1% 2026-09-07: 0.0% 2026-09-14: 0.1% 2026-09-21: 0.1% 2026-09-28: 0.0% 2026-10-05: 0.1% 2026-10-12: 0.0% 2026-10-19: 0.0% 2026-10-26: 0.4%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
4
4 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Hakbal of the Surging Soul 0.1% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Topography Tracker100%1618.5
Kopala, Warden of Waves100%1618.5
Zegana, Utopian Speaker100%1618.5
Coralhelm Commander100%1618.5
Merfolk Sovereign100%1618.5
Tributary Instructor100%1618.5
Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood100%1618.5
Merfolk Cave-Diver100%1618.5
Surgespanner100%1618.5
Bygone Marvels100%1618.5

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

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

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