Marchesa's Emissary
Creature — Human Rogue
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conspiracy
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #27944
Marchesa's Emissary gives a creature hexproof and +1/+1 for two mana at instant speed — solid protection, but the effect is gone the moment it resolves. A one-shot buff with no staying power is rarely worth a card slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Marchesa's Emissary is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it sees meaningful play only in Pauper, where the common-only card pool makes instant-speed hexproof more scarce and the +1/+1 can matter in combat math. In Commander, protection pieces need to be repeatable or permanent — a one-shot effect doesn't justify the slot when Swiftfoot Boots and Lightning Greaves do the same job indefinitely. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a 4-mana-equivalent investment across two spells just to protect one creature.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Marchesa's Emissary is deep bulk — you're not buying it for value, you're picking it out of a commons box. That price is stable simply because demand is near zero outside of Pauper budget lists.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.