How much is Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt worth?

As of August 2026, Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt from Secrets of Strixhaven has a market value of €1.32. Track price trends and find local trades on Lootstack.

What finishes is Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt available in?

Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt is available in Nonfoil, Foil. Each finish may have a different market value — compare prices for each version on Lootstack.

Where can I trade Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt locally?

You can find local traders with Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt on Lootstack in Ruse, Bulgaria, Varna, Bulgaria. Browse 2 listings from players at local game stores near you. No shipping required — trade in person.

What set is Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt from?

Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt is from the Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) expansion, part of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game.

What rarity is Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt?

Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt is a Mythic card from the Secrets of Strixhaven set in Magic: The Gathering.

What type of card is Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt?

Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt is a Creature — Human Wizard from the Secrets of Strixhaven set in Magic: The Gathering.

Is Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt legal in Standard?

Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt is Legal in Standard. Check all format legalities for this Magic: The Gathering card on Lootstack.

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LEGAL

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Rules & Rulings

3/20/2026

If a prepare spell with one or more targets has no legal targets when it tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. Since the spell was cast, the associated permanent will still not be prepared.

3/20/2026

Preparation cards can only be cast with their base characteristics.

3/20/2026

If a prepared creature stops being a creature, it will still be prepared, and the copy of its prepare spell will remain in exile. That permanent's controller will still be able to cast it. The same is true if a prepared creature becomes a copy of something else, even if it's then a permanent without a prepare spell.

3/20/2026

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.

3/20/2026

If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose the alternative prepare spell's name. Consider only the alternative characteristics to determine whether that is an appropriate name to choose.

3/20/2026

While copies of spells in zones other than the stack cease to exist when state-based actions are checked, this does not apply to copies of prepare spells in exile that were created as a creature became prepared.

3/20/2026

Casting a copy of a prepare spell from exile isn't casting it for an alternative cost. Effects that allow you to cast a spell for an alternative cost or without paying its mana cost may allow you to apply those to a copy of a prepare spell cast from exile.

3/20/2026

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.

3/20/2026

Emeritus of Conflict's last ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack without resolving.

3/20/2026

Emeritus of Conflict's last ability will count any spells you've cast this turn, which may include Emeritus of Conflict itself. It doesn't matter if the other spells resolved, didn't resolve, were countered, or are still on the stack. If Emeritus of Conflict was the second spell you cast this turn, the next spell you cast this turn is your third spell. If Emeritus of Conflict is your third spell in a turn, it's not on the battlefield for its triggered ability to trigger, and it will not trigger for further spells cast after it that turn.

3/20/2026

If an effect causes a creature to become unprepared, a prepared creature stops being prepared and the associated copy of its prepare spell in exile ceases to exist. If it wasn't prepared at that time, nothing happens.

3/20/2026

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.

3/20/2026

If a prepared creature loses all abilities, it won't stop being prepared, and nothing will happen to its alternative characteristics or to the copy of its prepare spell in exile.

3/20/2026

Only the current controller of a prepared creature can cast the copy of its prepare spell in exile. It doesn't matter who owns that creature or who controlled it when it became prepared.

3/20/2026

Since Emeritus of Conflict will stop being prepared as soon as the copy of Lightning Bolt is cast, casting that copy of Lightning Bolt as your third spell in a turn will result in Emeritus of Conflict becoming prepared again when its last ability resolves.

3/20/2026

Creating a copy of a creature's prepare spell in exile ignores copy exceptions applied to that creature that would affect the copiable values of that spell. For example, say a player casts Croaking Counterpart (a sorcery that says "Create a token that's a copy of target non-Frog creature, except it's a 1/1 green Frog.") targeting Goblin Glasswright. The token copy of Goblin Glasswright will enter prepared as a 1/1 green Frog creature, but the copy of Craft with Pride in exile will still be a red sorcery. The copy of Craft with Pride won't be green, a creature, or a Frog, and it won't have power or toughness.

3/20/2026

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.").

3/20/2026

A creature without a prepare spell can't become prepared.

3/20/2026

Preparation cards can only be cast with their base characteristics.

3/20/2026

Emeritus of Conflict's last ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack without resolving.

3/20/2026

If a prepared creature loses all abilities, it won't stop being prepared, and nothing will happen to its alternative characteristics or to the copy of its prepare spell in exile.

3/20/2026

Only the current controller of a prepared creature can cast the copy of its prepare spell in exile. It doesn't matter who owns that creature or who controlled it when it became prepared.

3/20/2026

A creature without a prepare spell can't become prepared.