Urborg Emissary
Creature — Human Wizard
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
When this creature enters, if it was kicked, return target permanent to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #30767
Urborg Emissary enters, taps a nonland permanent — repeatable if you keep bouncing and replaying it, but that engine requires real setup. A 2/1 flash body for three mana that taps one thing once is not pulling its weight in any powered pod.
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 |
Urborg Emissary is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees no meaningful play in any of them. In Commander, the tap effect only matters if you're looping Urborg Emissary repeatedly through a bounce-and-recast engine — without that infrastructure, it's a three-mana 2/1 with flash that taps one permanent once and goes forgotten. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in this rate at any spell density. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case where a dedicated bounce shell might extract value, but even there, more efficient pieces exist.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Urborg Emissary is deep bulk — the price reflects its playability honestly. It won't climb without a breakout combo discovery, so there's no reason to stock up speculatively.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.