RedLegendary Creature — Eldrazi DragonHerigast, Erupting Nullkite
Mana value9Rank#5,908
The Commander
Emerge 
(You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.)
When you cast this spell, you may exile your hand. If you do, draw three cards.
Flying
Each creature spell you cast has emerge. The emerge cost is equal to its mana cost.
Guide
Gameplan
Drop Herigast (often via Emerge, sacrificing a token or mana dork while dumping and refilling your hand for three cards), then cast all your creatures by sacrificing other creatures to slash their cost. You churn through fatties and value creatures while triggering ETB and death effects, building an overwhelming board or assembling a sacrifice-fueled combo. Close the game with huge attackers or a fling-style burst.
Strengths
- Massive cost reduction lets mono-red cheat out giant creatures and Eldrazi titans turns ahead of schedule
- Built-in card advantage from the cast trigger keeps a notoriously card-starved color refueled
- Synergizes with ETB and death triggers, since every creature you sac and recast doubles as fuel
- Flying 7/7 body that pressures life totals and finishes games on its own
Weaknesses
- Requires creatures on the battlefield to fuel Emerge, so an empty board leaves you stuck
- Commander tax and a 9 mana value make recasting after removal punishing
- Mono-red lacks interaction, spot removal protection, and meaningful recursion
- Highly creature-dependent, so wraths and graveyard hate hit very hard
- Slow if you don't curve into early sacrifice fodder
Key Cards
- Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger — A premier Emerge target that exiles two permanents on cast and threatens to mill out the table.
- It That Betrays — Steals every permanent your opponents sacrifice, turning the whole table's sac effects into yours.
- Terror of the Peaks — Each creature you Emerge in deals damage on entry, converting your engine into reach and removal.
- Birds-style mana dorks like Generator Servant — Cheap creatures double as ramp and as fodder to discount your big Emerge casts.
- Goblin Bombardment — A free sacrifice outlet that converts spent fodder into reach and lets you fling threats before they're removed.
- Warstorm Surge — Doubles the ETB damage from every emerged creature, helping convert board presence into direct kills.
Upgrade Path
Lean into reliable, recurring fodder—Token producers and creatures that return themselves like Squee or Reassembling Skeleton—so Emerge is always online. Add fast mana (Sol Ring, Jeska's Will, Mana Geyser) and impactful colorless bombs to cheat out faster, plus a couple of free sacrifice outlets to protect threats and enable combo flings. Tighten the curve with cheap dorks and tutors like Sneak Attack effects, and add graveyard recursion to grind through inevitable board wipes.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Beating down with Herigast and oversized emerged threats in the air and on the ground
- ▸Exiling or milling out opponents with Ulamog/Kozilek and other Eldrazi titans
- ▸Burst damage via Terror of the Peaks / Warstorm Surge ETB triggers plus sacrifice flinging
- ▸Aristocrats drain loops using sacrifice outlets and death payoffs
Archetypes
- Big Mana / Eldrazi Ramp — Emerge discounts let you reliably cast colorless titans and game-ending fatties far ahead of curve.
- Aristocrats / Sacrifice — Every creature you cast wants fodder to sacrifice, rewarding death triggers and sac payoffs.
- ETB Value / Stompy — Recasting creatures repeatedly maximizes enter-the-battlefield effects while building a dominant board.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (R), by popularity.
