UEDHREC #616

Emry, Lurker of the Loch

Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) When Emry enters, mill four cards. {T}: Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)

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“Blue artifact grinder that casts from the yard for incremental value.”

PlaystyleCombo

DifficultyIntermediate

Wins viaCombat damage, Combo

ThemesArtifacts, Graveyard, Spellslinger

Strategy

How this commander wants to play

Emry is a compact engine that turns your graveyard into a second hand. Her affinity makes her cheap to cast when you're already running artifacts, and her entry mills you into resources. The real magic is her tap ability: you're essentially giving yourself a second chance to cast artifacts from the bin, which creates a powerful loop if you're filling your graveyard with cheap or free artifacts and recursion pieces.

Build this as an artifacts-matter deck where you're either grinding value through repeatable artifact plays or assembling a combo finish. Cheap artifacts like Ornithopter, Mishra's Bauble, and Frogmite help lower her cost and fill the graveyard. Include strong recursion like Grinding Station or Underworld Breach to abuse casting from the yard repeatedly. You win either through creature damage (if you're playing tempo artifacts), through combo with infinite loops, or simply by out-valuing opponents with card advantage.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.

Key Synergies

Cards that especially shine here

Budget Build

Same gameplan, less money

Skip the pricey artifact tutors and moxen; lean into free/cheap artifacts like Ornithopter, Bone Shard Empowerment, and Frogmite instead, and use Counterspell effects for protection rather than playset foils.