diff --git a/Mage.Tests/src/test/java/org/mage/test/cards/emblems/EmblemOfCardTest.java b/Mage.Tests/src/test/java/org/mage/test/cards/emblems/EmblemOfCardTest.java
index e480a360f99..20fbeb98ebc 100644
--- a/Mage.Tests/src/test/java/org/mage/test/cards/emblems/EmblemOfCardTest.java
+++ b/Mage.Tests/src/test/java/org/mage/test/cards/emblems/EmblemOfCardTest.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public class EmblemOfCardTest extends CardTestPlayerBase {
         assertLife(playerA, 13);
         assertEmblemCount(playerA, 1);
     }
+
     @Test
     public void testEmblemOfYurlok() {
         // Vigilance
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ public class EmblemOfCardTest extends CardTestPlayerBase {
         assertPermanentCount(playerA, "Colossal Dreadmaw", 1);
         assertEmblemCount(playerA, 1);
     }
+
     @Test
     public void testEmblemOfParadoxEngine() {
         // Whenever you cast a spell, untap all nonland permanents you control.
@@ -126,6 +128,7 @@ public class EmblemOfCardTest extends CardTestPlayerBase {
         assertLife(playerA, 14);
         assertEmblemCount(playerA, 1);
     }
+
     @Test
     public void testEmblemOfDoublingSeason() {
         // If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it
@@ -181,4 +184,34 @@ public class EmblemOfCardTest extends CardTestPlayerBase {
         execute();
         assertEmblemCount(playerA, 1);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEmblemOfMaelstromNexus() {
+        setStrictChooseMode(true);
+
+        // The first spell you cast each turn has cascade.
+        addEmblem(playerA, new EmblemOfCard(
+                CardRepository.instance.findCard("Maelstrom Nexus", true).getMockCard()
+        ));
+
+        // Grizzly Bears {1}{G}
+        addCard(Zone.HAND, playerA, "Grizzly Bears");
+        addCard(Zone.BATTLEFIELD, playerA, "Forest", 2);
+
+        skipInitShuffling();
+        // Elite Vanguard {W}
+        addCard(Zone.LIBRARY, playerA, "Elite Vanguard");
+
+        castSpell(1, PhaseStep.PRECOMBAT_MAIN, playerA, "Grizzly Bears");
+        setChoice(playerA, true); // yes to cascade
+        waitStackResolved(1, PhaseStep.PRECOMBAT_MAIN);
+
+        setStopAt(1, PhaseStep.PRECOMBAT_MAIN);
+        execute();
+
+        assertPermanentCount(playerA, "Elite Vanguard", 1);
+        assertPermanentCount(playerA, "Grizzly Bears", 1);
+        assertEmblemCount(playerA, 1);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/Mage.Tests/src/test/java/org/mage/test/serverside/base/impl/CardTestPlayerAPIImpl.java b/Mage.Tests/src/test/java/org/mage/test/serverside/base/impl/CardTestPlayerAPIImpl.java
index 51da977fe09..057b2e6143e 100644
--- a/Mage.Tests/src/test/java/org/mage/test/serverside/base/impl/CardTestPlayerAPIImpl.java
+++ b/Mage.Tests/src/test/java/org/mage/test/serverside/base/impl/CardTestPlayerAPIImpl.java
@@ -721,6 +721,9 @@ public abstract class CardTestPlayerAPIImpl extends MageTestPlayerBase implement
         }
 
         currentGame.getState().addCommandObject(newEmblem);
+        for (Ability ability : newEmblem.getAbilities()) {
+            currentGame.getState().addAbility(ability, null, newEmblem);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Mage/src/main/java/mage/game/GameImpl.java b/Mage/src/main/java/mage/game/GameImpl.java
index aa1f5df9ce4..ac8c5d80f70 100644
--- a/Mage/src/main/java/mage/game/GameImpl.java
+++ b/Mage/src/main/java/mage/game/GameImpl.java
@@ -1335,7 +1335,11 @@ public abstract class GameImpl implements Game {
             for (UUID playerId : state.getPlayerList(startingPlayerId)) {
                 for (DeckCardInfo info : gameOptions.perPlayerEmblemCards) {
                     Card card = EmblemOfCard.cardFromDeckInfo(info);
-                    addEmblem(new EmblemOfCard(card), card, playerId);
+                    Emblem emblem = new EmblemOfCard(card);
+                    addEmblem(emblem, card, playerId);
+                    for (Ability ability : emblem.getAbilities()) {
+                        state.addAbility(ability, null, emblem);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -1343,7 +1347,11 @@ public abstract class GameImpl implements Game {
         if (!gameOptions.globalEmblemCards.isEmpty()) {
             for (DeckCardInfo info : gameOptions.globalEmblemCards) {
                 Card card = EmblemOfCard.cardFromDeckInfo(info);
-                addEmblem(new EmblemOfCard(card), card, startingPlayerId);
+                Emblem emblem = new EmblemOfCard(card);
+                addEmblem(emblem, card, startingPlayerId);
+                for (Ability ability : emblem.getAbilities()) {
+                    state.addAbility(ability, null, emblem);
+                }
             }
         }
     }