Emissary of Sunrise

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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
Gladiator Legal
Highlander Legal
Historic Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Modern Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Pioneer Legal
Planechase Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Emissary of Sunrise

Creature — Human Cleric

First Strike

When Emissary of Sunrise enters the battlefield, it explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

reaperofcakes on Selesnya Exertion

6 years ago

Argy the synergy I was referring to was using Verdant Rebirth on Vizier of Deferment to get the ability twice. But now I'm seeing it's other uses. I was looking at this ability as if you would only use it on your opponents creatures, but I guess it can be used as a way to protect an important creature you have, or to untap a creature if it's what you needed in that final push.

skulstads I think the Emissary of Sunrise is a much better card than the other two you mentioned. Oketra's Attendant just seems bad in most ways and doesn't do anything for your deck, and Vizier of the True, while good against decks that play a decent amount of creatures, is just a vanilla 3/2 against non-creature matchups. The Emissary can draw you a land, or filter cards, while still being decent against creature decks thanks to the first strike.

As for Gideon of the Trials, he could be a sideboard piece against control. If you're playing against second sun, they can't win using their main condition. Control decks right now also seem to be using a few big creatures to shut out games, which Gideon's +1 ability takes care of.

Chloroform on Selesnya Exertion

6 years ago

reaperofcakes i feel like the Vizier of Deferment is a core card here. While the exile aspect is one thing, flash and the human theme buffs actually can make it a game changer.

After some testing i dont see anything i would change for either gideons that i dont already have. AS for the Emissary of Sunrise i would rather take Oketra's Attendant or Vizier of the True

Booch138 Thanks! I will test the decks vs eachother tomorrow. <3

reaperofcakes on Selesnya Exertion

6 years ago

I don't really like Vizier of Deferment here, especially since you took out the Verdant Rebirth which kinda synergizes with it. Not necessarily replacements for Vizier of Deferment, but I think some of these cards might be good here: Gideon of the Trials, Gideon, Martial Paragon, Everdawn Champion, and Emissary of Sunrise.

hoardofnotions on Alesha, Who Smiles at Death..... and Savings

6 years ago

Vona's Hunger could be better than doom blade or unlicensed disintegration.

Swords to Plowshares might be able to fit in on the budget

Custodi Soulbinders could be fun to swing out on a full board

Magmasaur repeatable board wipe?

Seekers' Squire could explore for value

Banewhip Punisher is repeatable creature kill

Emissary of Sunrise probably to expensive CMC, but i think i like explore in your deck

Grenzo, Dungeon Warden most of your creatures have 2 power, this seems great!

Herald of Leshrac if you wanna be mean, but funny at the same time!

Solemn Recruit could get big fast

Taurean Mauler could get big fast

Vampire Hexmage planswalker hate

Rally the Ancestors could be clever. get your combo into the grave, play this and win!

Mask of Memory help filter your draws

I wanna re-suggest Key to the City and Vampiric Rites. card draw is good

Dauthi Mindripper might be better than delirium skeins

Maybe cut

drana, liberator of malakir for budget reasons

brodesmagodes on

6 years ago

Thanks for the suggestions. I have this deck paired up against my mono-black standard deck so the deathtouch/removal was killing me and i dont think Trial of Solidarity helps much. I took out the Seraph of the Suns as well as the Victory's Herald for Serra Angel and Queen's Commission respectively. That should lower my mana curve and also help get more tokens out for Oketra the True. I also like Imperial Aerosaur and Emissary of Sunrise instead of the Rhet-Crop Spearmaster.

t3hdarkness on Eight-and-a-Half Dollars Off

6 years ago

I would remove some of the cards that are single use or don't trigger very often like Thraben Inspector, Emissary of Sunrise, Razor Golem, Mercadian Atlas, Paradise Plume, and maybe a land or two to add Buried Ruin, Sun Titan, Silent Arbiter, Steelshaper's Gift, Myriad Landscape, Emeria, The Sky Ruin, and Balan, Wandering Knight.

TheRedGoat on Scheinheilige

6 years ago

So why play Monk Idealist when your only enchantments are all of the type to not really draw the ire of enchantment hate? In my mind, I am seeing the the lesser ones like the Blood Fast going under the radar, so it should never hit the grave, but even with the higher end ones your deck should have more than enough redundancy/resilience to not need those enchantments on the field to win. Now I don't know if your meta is maybe mill/discard heavy, so you maybe frequently lose those enchantments in other ways, but if nothing else why have the one means of bringing the enchantments back if such a small few are that important?

Also as an aside I would argue that Edgewalker > Emissary of Sunrise.

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