---
name: "Squirming Emergence"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: ["Fathomless descent"]
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "386"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Simon Dominic"
oracle_id: "e468f1fe-d99c-4034-a94f-91c41a129092"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/squirming-emergence-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Squirming Emergence
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Fathomless descent

## Oracle Text
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.

> *À cause des règlements archaïques de la Coalition des hardis concernant les chapeaux, quelques mycoïdes sont désormais techniquement des capitaines pirates.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Stir the Grave](/printing/stir-the-grave-bok.md) — Sorcery
2. [Mycoid Resurrection](/printing/mycoid-resurrection-ylci.md) — Sorcery
3. [Gruesome Menagerie](/printing/gruesome-menagerie-pgrn.md) — Sorcery
4. [March of the Returned](/printing/march-of-the-returned-ths.md) — Sorcery
5. [Unearth](/printing/unearth-sld.md) — Sorcery
6. [Ascend from Avernus](/printing/ascend-from-avernus-pclb.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #386
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Simon Dominic
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`