Emeria Captain
Creature — Angel Warrior
Flying, vigilance
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it for each creature in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #21117
Emeria Captain enters with a +1/+1 counter for each other creature you control, then adds a flying Human Soldier to the board — two bodies and a potential stat spike for four mana. It's a reliable payoff in go-wide white token decks and an easy include anywhere that cares about counters or creature counts.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Emeria Captain slots cleanly into any white go-wide strategy — the payoff scales with the table's creature density, and multiplayer boards routinely give it enough fodder to land with five or more counters. Competitive formats are a different story: Modern and Pioneer move too fast for a four-mana creature that doesn't immediately close the game, and Legacy has far more efficient options at every point on the curve. Emeria Captain is essentially a Commander card that happens to be legal elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Emeria Captain is deep bulk — pick up copies without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow niche appeal rarely spike, so don't expect movement unless a future set introduces a dominant Soldier or counter synergy commander.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.