Sultai Emissary
Creature — Zombie Warrior
When this creature dies, manifest the top card of your library. (Put that card onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fate Reforged
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #20788
Sultai Emissary trades a 2/1 menace body for a manifest — a free face-down 2/2 with upside if you flip something relevant. Three mana for that exchange is fine in dedicated manifest or morph shells, irrelevant everywhere else.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sultai Emissary is a Commander card first and almost exclusively. Pauper is the only other format where it sees any real consideration, slotting into flicker or sacrifice synergy lists that want cheap bodies and incidental value. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, three mana for a 2/1 and a manifest is nowhere near the power threshold — those formats simply don't care. Commander is where Sultai Emissary earns its keep: manifest payoffs, graveyard synergies, and sacrifice loops all make the triggered ability meaningful rather than decorative.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Sultai Emissary is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a commons box, not one you track down singles for. That price is stable by definition; there's no demand spike coming for a niche common, so grab it when you need it and don't think twice about the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.