Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt

As of Aug 6, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt is $1.42 (SOS #113), and the most expensive is $5.84 (PSOS #113p, Promo Pack). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $1.42, up 0.7% over 7 days, up 1.4% over 30 days, down 62.9% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $12.98 (2026).

Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt has 3 tracked printings across 2 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including promo pack and extended art treatments.

SOS #113

$1.42

CK $1.29 / $0.26 82%

MP $1.01 160 avail

SOS #113 Foil

$1.76 +24%

CK $1.49 / $0.38 78%

MP $1.35 63 avail

SOS #332 Extended Art

$3.13 +120%

CK $2.29 / $0.80 74%

MP $1.53 68 avail

SOS #332 Extended Art Foil

$3.99 +181%

CK $4.49 / $1.58 60%

MP $2.82 73 avail

PSOS #113p Promo Pack Foil

$5.27 +271%

CK $3.49 / $1.40 73%

MP $3.73 3 avail

PSOS #113p Promo Pack

$5.84 +311%

CK $1.29 / $0.17 97%

MP $4.26 11 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $1.58 cash for SOS #332 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 65% (wide).

• Mar 20, 2026 A creature with a prepare spell can't become prepared more than once at the same time. For example, Emeritus of Ideation is on the battlefield and is prepared. When it attacks, its last ability triggers. When that ability resolves, its controller may still exile eight cards from their graveyard, but doing so won't cause Emeritus of Ideation to become prepared a second time or create a second copy of Ancestral Recall in exile.
• Mar 20, 2026 A creature without a prepare spell can't become prepared.
• Mar 20, 2026 A preparation card is a creature card in every zone. For example, while it's in your graveyard, Emeritus of Ideation is a blue creature whose mana value is 5. It can't be the target of Zealous Lorecaster's triggered ability ("When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.").
• Mar 20, 2026 As an effect causes a creature with a prepare spell to become prepared (including effects that state that a creature "enters prepared"), that creature's controller creates a copy of that creature's prepare spell in exile. That copy remains in exile for as long as that permanent is on the battlefield and is prepared. That creature's controller may cast that copy as long as it remains in exile. As they cast it, that creature stops being prepared.
• Mar 20, 2026 Being prepared isn't a copiable value. If a permanent becomes a copy of a prepared creature, it won't be prepared. That permanent will have the alternative characteristics, though, and some other effect could cause it to become prepared later.

Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt has been reprinted 4 times. The Secrets of Strixhaven reprint cut the price 72% in 30 days.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment	Price before	Day 1	30 days	90 days
SOS #332	2026-04-24	Mythic	Extended Art	$12.11	$10.60	$5.11	$3.09
SOS #332	2026-04-24	Mythic	Extended Art	$20.80	$13.17	$5.84	$4.46
SOS #113	2026-04-24	Mythic	Standard	$4.75	$6.99	$2.91	$1.21
SOS #113	2026-04-24	Mythic	Standard	$4.87	$7.00	$3.23	$2.01

Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt is the #8,975 most-played card on EDHREC, up 934 places over the last 30 days.