Archmage Emeritus is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.
How it works : Archmage Emeritus
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Each magecraft ability has a different effect, although they all have the same trigger condition, whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If an effect creates a copy of an instant or sorcery spell, this will also cause the magecraft ability to trigger.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Some effects instruct you to copy an instant or sorcery card in a zone other than the stack. These copies do not cause magecraft abilities to trigger. However, most effects that do this also allow you to cast the copy, and casting the copy will cause magecraft abilities to trigger.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If an effect creates multiple copies of an instant or sorcery spell, magecraft abilities trigger once for each copy created by the effect.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Fury Storm + Archmage Emeritus
Infinite card drawNear-infinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast your additional instant or sorcery spell, or wait for an opponent to cast one.
- 2Archmage Emeritus triggers, drawing you a card.
- 3Cast Fury Storm targeting the instant or sorcery spell.
- 4Archmage Emeritus triggers, drawing you a card.
- 5Fury Storm triggers, copying itself for each time you have cast your commander from your command zone this game and choosing the original copy of Fury Storm as the target.
- 6Archmage Emeritus triggers for each copy, drawing you a card each time.
- 7Resolve a Fury Storm copy, copying Fury Storm and choosing the original Fury Storm as the target.
- 8Archmage Emeritus triggers, drawing you a card.
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#2
Orvar, the All-Form + Mystic Sanctuary + Dream's Grip + Aquitect's Will
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite landfall triggersNear-infinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Dream's Grip by paying
, targeting Mystic Sanctuary. - 2Orvar and Archmage Emeritus trigger.
- 3Resolve the Orvar trigger, creating a token copy of Mystic Sanctuary.
- 4When the Mystic Sanctuary token enters the battlefield untapped, it triggers, putting Aquitect's Will from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 5Resolve the Archmage Emeritus trigger, drawing Aquitect's Will from the top of your library.
- 6Resolve Dream's Grip, untapping Mystic Sanctuary.
- 7Activate Mystic Sanctuary and the Mystic Sanctuary token by tapping them, adding .
- 8Cast Aquitect's Will by paying , targeting Mystic Sanctuary.
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#3
Archmage Emeritus + Chain of Smog
Infinite draw triggersInfinite self-discard triggersNear-infinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Chain of Smog by paying
, targeting yourself. - 2Archmage Emeritus triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- 3Resolve Chain of Smog, causing you to discard two cards and copy Chain of Smog, targeting yourself.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
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#4
Chain of Acid + Archmage Emeritus
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Chain of Acid by paying
, targeting any indestructible noncreature permanent you control. - 2Archmage Emeritus triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- 3Resolve Chain of Acid, failing to destroy the indestructible permanent and choosing to copy Chain of Acid, targeting the indestructible permanent with the copy.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
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#5
Archmage Emeritus + Chain of Plasma + Brash Taunter
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite damage
- 1Cast Chain of Plasma targeting Brash Taunter by paying
. - 2Archmage Emeritus triggers, drawing a card.
- 3Resolve Chain of Plasma, dealing 3 damage to Brash Taunter, discarding a card, and copying Chain of Plasma with the same target.
- 4Brash Taunter and Archmage Emeritus trigger.
- 5Resolve Brash Taunter's trigger, dealing 3 damage to target opponent.
- 6Resolve Archamage Emeritus's trigger, drawing a card.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
- 8Once you have one card remaining in library, decline to copy Chain of Plasma.
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#6
Archmage Emeritus + Chain of Plasma + Stuffy Doll
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite damage to one opponent
- 1Cast Chain of Plasma targeting Stuffy Doll by paying .
- 2Archmage Emeritus triggers, drawing a card.
- 3Resolve Chain of Plasma, dealing 3 damage to Stuffy Doll, discarding a card, and copying Chain of Plasma with the same target.
- 4Stuffy Doll and Archmage Emeritus trigger.
- 5Resolve Stuffy Doll's trigger, dealing 3 damage to the chosen opponent.
- 6Resolve Archamage Emeritus's trigger, drawing a card.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
- 8Once you have one card remaining in library, decline to copy Chain of Plasma.
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#7
Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios // Journey to the Oracle + Meloku the Clouded Mirror + Phyrexian Altar + Archmage Emeritus
Infinite draw triggersInfinite lootingInfinite self-discard triggersNear-infinite colored mana
- 1Activate five lands by tapping them, adding at least
. - 2Activate Meloku five times by paying and returning the five lands from the battlefield to your hand, creating five 1/1 Illusion creature tokens.
- 3Activate Phyrexian Altar four times by sacrificing four Illusions, adding
. - 4Cast Journey to the Oracle either from your hand or from the command zone by paying and commander tax, if applicable.
- 5Archmage Emeritus triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- 6Resolve Journey to the Oracle, putting at least five lands from your hand onto the battlefield, then causing you to discard a card and Journey to the Oracle to your hand.
- 7Repeat.
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#8
Psychic Miasma + Dakmor Salvage + Bone Miser + Archmage Emeritus
Infinite self-millNear-infinite magecraft triggersNear-infinite self-discard triggersNear-infinite storm count
- 1Cast Psychic Miasma by paying , targeting yourself.
- 2Archmage Emeritus triggers, allowing you to draw a card.
- 3If Dakmor Salvage is in your graveyard, instead replace drawing a card with milling two cards, and returning Dakmor Salvage from your graveyard to your hand.
- 4Resolve Psychic Miasma, discarding Dakmor Salvage and returning Psychic Miasma to your hand.
- 5Bone Miser's second ability triggers, adding .
- 6Repeat.
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Legal formats
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