Emiel the Blessed

Legendary Creature — Unicorn

{3}: Exile another target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may pay {GW}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on it. If it's a Unicorn, put two +1/+1 counters on it instead. ({GW} can be paid with {G} or {W}.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

Neotrup on Sagas?!?? Yojimbo & Lilysplash mentor

1 month ago

I believe something was missed here. Rhadamanthus's answer is generally correct about Sagas and Summon: Yojimbo, however don't work for Lilysplash Mentor as its activated ability specifies "Activate only as a sorcery." This means you need to wait for your main phase, the lore counter to be added, and it's ability to fully resolve before you get to use it. If you want to use it before the fourth counter is added, you'll need to activate the ability the same turn that the third counter gets added, missing out on creating the treasures. In order to get the interaction you want, you'll need an ability without the sorcery speed restriction, like that of Emiel the Blessed.

GhostB3N on Preston - Blink

10 months ago

Acidic Slime > Witch Enchanter  ^Flip

Sun Titan > Angel of Indemnity

Soul of Emancipation > Dour Port-Mage

Cavalier of Dawn > Dreamdew Entrancer

Emiel the Blessed > Combat Thresher

Topiary Stomper> Pond Prophet

Aura Shards > Virtue of Knowledge

Lightning Greaves > Welcoming Vampire

legendofa on Can I use blink creatures …

1 year ago

Phased-out permanents can't really be interacted with at all. I think Time and Tide is the only card in the game that does. When the reminder text says "treat them as though they don't exist", that's a hard restriction. They can't be targeted, they can't attack or block, their abilities don't do anything, and in this specific case, you can't use Emiel the Blessed to blink them.

Goober12 on Can I use blink creatures …

1 year ago

for example, say some one uses a board wipe and i play Guardian of Faith on my creatures. that phases them out and I have to sit through 2 more players turns. Can i still use Emiel the Blessed blink affect on my phased out creatures?

legendofa on Princess Twilight Sparkle

1 year ago

Do you have a reliable source of toys for Rarity and Applejack?

Outside of the MLP cards, Unicorns kind of have a +1/+1 counter theme with Emiel the Blessed, Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn, and Good-Fortune Unicorn. Lathiel and Celestial Unicorn tie that to life gain, with Splendor Mare and Brightmare offering further options there. There's also a little bit of ETB that Emiel can set up.

Horses don't have much of a unified theme or depth. Pick from these as needed, I guess.

Adding in Pegasi, they all have flying to help Rainbow Dash, but that's about it. Park Heights Pegasus plays well with Emiel.

The creature base looks very {W}-heavy, with {G} in second. There's not a ton of independent token depth. Group hug would be very on-theme, but my crippling lack of knowledge about the franchise prevents me from offering any thematic suggestions. Legendary creatures matter could work here. Do you want to get Princess Twilight Sparkle out every game, or just use her as support when needed?

Pabs4444 on Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

2 years ago

Welcome to cEDH! Is there a reason for not having Emiel the Blessed for dockside combos. Also, is there another card that combos with Kiki instead of Felidar Guardian? I was wondering if having a Village Bell-Ringer or Restoration Angel would be helpful in the deck.

Gidgetimer on Production of any color in …

2 years ago

I mean there were 9 cards that require {C} for casting and 20 cards with abilities that require {C} released in BFZ block. It wasn't totally Eldrazi Displacer. However Displacer is the most prevalent one I see used and thought it would be a good example to use. It is already the second best repeatable blink source in the game behind Emiel the Blessed and is the best available for non-green decks. If producing colorless was trivial (which it was under the old rule) it would just be the absolute best blink source and would probably be good enough to run in decks that aren't dedicated blink decks.

UltimateRoxas40 on The Harvesttide Festival [Human Primer]

2 years ago

scotchtapedsleeves Haha, sorry if I bugged you, but I'm glad I convinced you! From the times I've played this deck, it runs pretty well. Not competitive, but it ramps out easily and can get a lot onto the field quickly. Plus, not a lot of people I play with see Emiel the Blessed and hear the warning bells go off. Katilda, Dawnhart Prime performed well, but more importantly it was fun to play :).

I originally built this deck as a lower power deck to have around just in case, but then I never really encountered a chance to play it, so I gave it a big tune up, but still didn't want it to be too powerful. Cards like Cathar Commando can basically be 3 mana for a Naturalize, which definitely isn't a fast or optimal method for removal, but creature based removal works well when you've got cards like Kyler, Sigardian Emissary or Cathars' Crusade that care about creatures/Humans ETBing. I could probably afford to cut a few creatures in favor of more noncreature removal, but until I've played with it for a while, I won't know what's worth keeping/cutting