Emissary Green
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
Whenever Emissary Green attacks, starting with you, each player votes for profit or security. You create a number of Treasure tokens equal to twice the number of profit votes. Put a number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control equal to the number of security votes.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ravnica: Clue Edition
- Price
- $1.56
- EDHREC rank
- #8173
Emissary Green puts a 4/4 trample creature into play and untaps all creatures you control — the kind of on-board swing that ends combat math arguments. The cost is a five-mana instant, which is steep, but stapling Aggravated Assault-style untap value to a body makes it a legitimate finisher in any deck running Círdan the Shipwright or similar attack-reward engines.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Círdan the Shipwright
Círdan the Shipwright draws a card every time a creature enters tapped and attacking, so Emissary Green's flash timing lets you sneak the 4/4 into an attack step mid-combat, trigger Círdan, untap your board, and threaten again — all in one sequence.
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh rewards you for fielding multiple creatures with different names, and Emissary Green delivers a named creature with trample while simultaneously refreshing your existing attackers, compressing two roles into one spell.
Wulfgar of Icewind Dale
Wulfgar of Icewind Dale doubles attack triggers, so Emissary Green's untap effect sets up a second wave of doubled triggers in the same turn — the flash timing means you can wait to see how the first attack resolves before committing.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Emissary Green does its best work: multiplayer boards are wide, combat tricks at instant speed are underrated, and the combination of a relevant body plus a board-wide untap can close games that stall. In Legacy and Vintage, five mana is simply too slow for what those formats demand, and a single untap effect without additional broken synergy isn't enough to justify the slot. Oathbreaker sits closer to Commander in pace, so the card is functional there in the right shell — particularly any planeswalker that benefits from creatures untapping after attacks.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Emissary GreenAggravated AssaultCrystalline Crawler
Near-infinite combat phases; Near-infinite untap of creatures you control; Near-infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
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Current price
$1.56 cheap tier
At $1.56, Emissary Green sits comfortably in the cheap tier — low enough that including it in any synergistic shell is a no-brainer budget decision. It's not a staple with broad demand pressure, so the price is stable rather than poised to move.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.