Nylea's Emissary
Enchantment Creature — Cat
Bestow 
(If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
Trample
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has trample.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Theros
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #20863
Nylea's Emissary lands as a 3/3 with trample and bestows +3/+3 trample onto any creature you control — that's a meaningful stat boost for a single card slot. At four mana for the creature or five for the Aura, the cost is fair but not efficient enough to compete in most powered shells.
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 |
Nylea's Emissary is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive window is essentially zero outside of Commander. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, five mana for an Aura effect is unplayable when those formats demand interaction or threats that win on the spot. Commander is where Nylea's Emissary earns its keep — specifically in enchantress and Voltron strategies where the bestow mechanic's resilience against removal matters and every Aura triggers synergy payoffs. In Oathbreaker it can show up in the same niche builds, though the 20-life format shrinks the window for slow, incremental strategies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Nylea's Emissary is pure bulk — you'll find it in any common box or thrown into trade binders without a second thought. There's no meaningful price floor to protect here; pick it up for pennies when you need it and don't expect that to change.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.