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Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld

Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld Price

5 printings · 2 sets · first printed 2025

Cheapest $2.48
Median $10.57
Highest $88.02
EDHREC Rank #6,247

Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld has been printed 5 times across 2 sets, first in 2025. Right now the cheapest printing is Final Fantasy #218 at $2.48, while the most expensive is Final Fantasy #539 at $88.02 — about 35× more. The median across 5 priced printings is $10.57. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 5x in the last 2 years.

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Every Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld Printing, Compared

Cheapest first · unpriced last
Printing Year Price Dealer Buys
Final Fantasy #218 (M) Cheapest 2025 $2.48 $0.95
Final Fantasy #394 (M) 2025 $8.17 $4.40
Final Fantasy #483 (M) 2025 $10.57 $6.40
Final Fantasy Promos #218s (M) Foil 2025 $22.56 $8.75 foil
Final Fantasy #539 (M) Foil 2025 $88.02 $45.00 foil

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Oracle Text
Legendary Creature — Elder Wizard // Legendary Creature — Avatar
No oracle text available.
Legal In
Standard Pioneer Modern Legacy Vintage Commander Brawl Penny Dreadful

Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 5 versions.

Official Judge Precedents

13 Precedents

Each nonmodal double-faced card in this release is cast face up. In every zone other than the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of its front face. If it is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's up; the other face's characteristics are ignored.

If a Hades, Sorcerer of Eld you control is destroyed by a spell you own, Hades will be exiled and then the spell will be put into your graveyard. Conversely, if a Hades you control is dealt lethal damage by a spell you own, the spell will be exiled, and then Hades will be exiled as well.

While you control Hades, Sorcerer of Eld, abilities that trigger whenever a permanent you own is put into your graveyard from the battlefield (for example, "When this creature dies . . .") won't trigger.

If you are instructed to put a card that isn't a double-faced card onto the battlefield transformed, it will not enter at all. In that case, it stays in the zone it was previously in. For example, if a single-faced card is a copy of Crystal Fragments, it will be exiled during the resolution of its second ability and remain in exile.

A nonmodal double-faced card enters with its front face up by default, unless a spell or ability instructs you to put it onto the battlefield transformed or allows you to cast it transformed, in which case it enters with its back face up.

The mana value of a nonmodal double-faced card is the mana value of its front face, no matter which face is up.

The back face of a nonmodal double-faced card usually has a color indicator that defines its color.

If you discard a card while you control Hades, Sorcerer of Eld, abilities that function when a card is discarded (such as madness) still work, even though that card never reaches your graveyard. In addition, spells or abilities that check the characteristics of a discarded card (such as connive) can find that card in exile.

A token that is created as a copy of a double-faced permanent or a double-faced card in another zone is a double-faced token. It will have both the front face and back face of whatever object it's copying. If it's copying a double-faced permanent whose back face is up, the token will enter with its back face up. It can transform if instructed to do so.

Emet-Selch's last ability checks your graveyard at the moment it would trigger to see if you have fourteen or more cards in your graveyard. If you don't, the ability won't trigger at all. If it does trigger, the ability will check again as it tries to resolve. If you don't have fourteen or more cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.

You pay all costs and follow all timing rules for cards played with the permission granted by Hades, Sorcerer of Eld's second ability.

Each face of a nonmodal double-faced card has its own set of characteristics: name, types, subtypes, abilities, and so on. While a nonmodal double-faced permanent is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's currently up. The other set of characteristics is ignored.

In the Commander variant, a double-faced card's color identity is determined by the mana costs and mana symbols in the rules text of both faces combined. If either face has a color indicator or basic land type, those are also considered. For example, Cecil, Dark Knight's color identity is black and white, since its front face is black and its back face has a white color indicator.