Squirming Emergence 
Sorcery
Oracle text (EN)
Sorcery
Fathomless descent — Return to the battlefield target nonland permanent card in your graveyard with mana value less than or equal to the number of permanent cards in your graveyard.
Printing details
- Set
- LCI · 241
- Rarity
- Rare
- Language
- EN
- Artist
- Simon Dominic
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Prices
- €0.38 · $0.31
Price history
The trend shows with at least 7 days of history.
- Cardmarket, trend
- CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN)
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
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| Date | Cardmarket, trend | CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN) |
|---|---|---|
| November 2, 2026 | €0.35 | €0.43 |
| November 1, 2026 | €0.36 | €0.41 |
| October 31, 2026 | €0.38 | €0.41 |
| October 28, 2026 | €0.39 | €0.43 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low – trend €0.35 30-day avg €0.31 | low €0.10 trend €0.47 30-day avg €0.47 |
| CardTrader (EN) | NM from €0.43 with Zero from €0.43 | NM from €0.58 with Zero from €0.58 |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from €0.43 | NM from €0.50 |
Cardmarket updated Nov 2, 2026 · CardTrader updated Nov 2, 2026
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Legality
- standard Legal
- pioneer Legal
- modern Legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Not legal
- alchemy Not legal
- brawl Legal
- competitivebrawl Legal
- duel Legal
- future Legal
- gladiator Legal
- historic Legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Not legal
- penny Not legal
- predh Not legal
- premodern Not legal
- standardbrawl Legal
- timeless Legal
- tlr Legal
Rulings
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The target nonland permanent card still counts toward the number of permanent cards in your graveyard for the purposes of Squirming Emergence.
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Some descend triggered abilities include intervening "if" clauses (i.e. "if you have [four or eight] permanent cards in your graveyard" in the middle of the ability). Each of these abilities checks your graveyard at the moment it would trigger to see if it does. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability doesn't trigger at all. If it does trigger, it will check again as it tries to resolve. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.
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Cards with the ability word "fathomless descent" have abilities that care how many permanent cards are in your graveyard.
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Like all spells that require targets, Squirming Emergence will check to make sure its target is still legal as it tries to resolve. Use the number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, even though it may be a different number than the number that were there as you cast the spell. If the permanent card's mana value is greater than the number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, Squirming Emergence won't resolve.