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Heliod's Emissary

ENCHANTMENT CREATURE — ELK Uncommon
Theros THS #18 EDHREC #21,306
$0.17
+30.8% 7 days

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Heliod's Emissary Price Summary

Heliod's Emissary's current headline price is $0.17.

Heliod's Emissary Printings & Prices

1 printings

Heliod's Emissary has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.

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Heliod's Emissary Rules Text & Legality

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Enchantment Creature — Elk — mana cost {3}{W}

Bestow {6}{W} (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.)

Whenever this creature or enchanted creature attacks, tap target creature an opponent controls.

Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.

Heliod's Emissary is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Commander, and not legal in Standard and Pauper.

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Not legal
pauper
Not legal

Heliod's Emissary Rulings

5 most recent
  • Sep 15, 2013 Auras attached to a creature don't become tapped when the creature becomes tapped. Except in some rare cases, an Aura with bestow remains untapped when it becomes unattached and becomes a creature.
  • Sep 15, 2013 If a permanent with bestow enters the battlefield by any method other than being cast, it will be an enchantment creature. You can't choose to pay the bestow cost and have it become an Aura.
  • Sep 15, 2013 On the stack, a spell with bestow is either a creature spell or an Aura spell. It's never both, although it's an enchantment spell in either case.
  • Sep 15, 2013 Unlike other Aura spells, an Aura spell with bestow isn't countered if its target is illegal as it begins to resolve. Rather, the effect making it an Aura spell ends, it loses enchant creature, it returns to being an enchantment creature spell, and it resolves and enters the battlefield as an enchantment creature.
  • Sep 15, 2013 Unlike other Auras, an Aura with bestow isn't put into its owner's graveyard if it becomes unattached. Rather, the effect making it an Aura ends, it loses enchant creature, and it remains on the battlefield as an enchantment creature. It can attack (and its {T} abilities can be activated, if it has any) on the turn it becomes unattached if it's been under your control continuously, even as an Aura, since your most recent turn began.

Reprints & Reprint Risk

2 printings

Heliod's Emissary has been reprinted 2 times.

Set Date Rarity Treatment
THS #18 2013-09-27 Uncommon Standard
THS #18 2013-09-27 Uncommon Standard

Heliod's Emissary in Commander

Heliod's Emissary is the #21,306 most-played card on EDHREC, down 443 places over the last 30 days.

Heliod's Emissary FAQ

How much is Heliod's Emissary worth?

Heliod's Emissary is worth about $0.17 for its cheapest playable printing as of Sep 22, 2026.

Is Heliod's Emissary legal in Commander?

Yes — Heliod's Emissary is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Pioneer, Modern and Legacy.

Has Heliod's Emissary been reprinted?

Yes — Heliod's Emissary has been reprinted 2 times, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.

Why is Heliod's Emissary cheap?

Heliod's Emissary trades at about $0.17 — 2 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#21,306 on EDHREC).