I really like what they're doing here. This lets me cast Explore in my RG deck when all I have drawn is mountains. Also every card Izzy touches looks like it should be a legendary creature.
SyntheticDreamer
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(5 votes)
Beautiful art, and it just so happens to be on a good card! I particularly like free Grizzly Bears, especially in an aggro deck.
I have no intention of playing Gruul, but if I did... it'd be because of this card.
Nucleon
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Bloodbraid Elf's distant cousin on Ravnica, apparently. But yeah, note that that's an ETB effect and a not a cast effect. Why hello there, half of Avacyn Restored! Naya could be verrrrry nasty here. A creature-based ritual sounds like fun to me!
Dabok
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(13 votes)
AWESOME CARD! I know that the gatherer has just released gatecrash as of this post, but the 3.6 score on this is PITIFUL considering the potential this card has! Essentially a free 2/2. It makes your aggro deck "aggro'er". - Sure, I have heard of the argument that this card "incites players to smash their faces to a sweet Supreme Verdict". That's a good point, and I haven't actually prepared a counter-argument for people playing in a very competitive scene, so I'll pass. - But I just want to note that not all magic environment are "all about efficiency" or "what's trendy". In KITCHEN TABLE magic, this is AWESOME!
EDIT : Okay, in a day it went from 3.6 to 4.6. Good job people!
Purplerooster
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
One of few things that I would be happy to draw 4 of in my opening hand. 8 power on the board plus your turn 1 play on turn 2 is quite ridiculous.
LordOfTheFlies87
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Perfect design. Lovely.
BegleOne
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
She's not quite as powerful as Bloodbraid Elf, but she's much prettier.
Gcrudaplaneswalker
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Reminds me a lot of Priest of Urabrask. Cast another for free, then profit
Ferlord
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(5 votes)
The creature version of Manamorphose, but instead of can-tripping, choosing what mana you get, and at instant speed, you get a Bear.
Ok, fine, it's not exactly like Manamorphose...
RedJaron
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Doaj the only way you're pulling off that combo is with an opening Temple Garden or Sacred Foundry. Still do-able.
Curlie-Joe
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If I get multiple copies of this card, they will all go in. If not, then probably won't play it, but this is one of the better gruul cards of the set.
AgitatedBadger
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@Doaj
Not to bring you down, but... if you play a Champion of the Perish turn one you won't be able to cast this guy on turn two.
Coralus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
When you draw 8 or more cards with Zegana, it never hurts to have a few creatures you can cast for free.
Taudisban
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Despite being really aggro-friendly, this card curves any slightly faster midrange really well. Turn one mana ramper, turn two hit your two drop and your three drop? Or, turn two, drop a second mana ramper alongside a bear and a farseek, or two bears. A possible turn three Thragtusk alongside a small army of weenies is pretty hard to deal with.
Kragash
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(2 votes)
"T1: Champion of the Parish
T2: Burning-Tree Emissary, into Lightning Mauler. Souldbond these two, swing for 7.
T3: Rally the Peasants, swing for 13.
T3 win in standard. I'm ready. "
T3 win if you get your god hand and your opponent is RETARDED.
Grumman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
5/5 for being a Gruul civilian - an appreciated addition to the setting of Ravnica. Being a bear with a rebate doesn't hurt either.
Clowncar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@kragosh how are you turn 2-ing this using your plains that you dropped the champ with?
Doaj
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
T1: Champion of the Parish T2: Burning-Tree Emissary, into Lightning Mauler. Soulbond these two, swing for 7. T3: Rally the Peasants, swing for 13.
T3 win in standard. I'm ready.
EDIT: I see some are confused. Here are the lands you want in your deck to T2 this. Cavern of Souls Sacred Foundry Clifftop Retreat
No, it's not going to be a frequent hand, but considering you can run Boros Elite alongside the Champion for the exact same swing, that's 8 one-drops for T1. Not too hard to draw. Having two of 12 lands, also not too unreasonable. Yes, sometimes you'll get our others (I'll be running this in an American Human deck, so sometimes I'll have a Hallowed Fountain instead, but if you had it in Naya, then you have Temple Gardens to help, too, now). Getting the Lightning Mauler and B-TE will be the tough part, but hey, maybe you'll get it in your first or second draw and pull it off anyway.
I'll settle for T4 and T5 if I'm off to an understandably slow start.
Amyler
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Absolutely phenomenal. Despite her colouring, Boros may find a touch more appeal. 2 red for a 2/2 on turn 2 is acceptable, but then getting to throw out another 2 cost means on turn three you've got a few battalion's triggering. A super-fun card to play, no question.
vaultx
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
One of my favorite cards in GTC.
sonorhC
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I don't think anyone's mentioned that this can also be a one-turn mana fixer, in a pinch. If you've only got one kind of land, and need just one mana of the other color, you can get it from this.
wholelottalove
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This would go in a storm deck! This into that one spell that draws a card and gives red or green mana? Broken.
Mode
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A Priest of Gix two-drop that can even fix your mana? Yes, please!
On top of that, she's just crazy in a shaman tribal deck. There are plenty of good cheap shamans that can be cast with , so she'll shine there with ease. And once you play Sachi, Daughter of Seshiro, you can even tap her for . That's what i call a great investment for a 2/2 that started off with a net loss of zero mana to begin with!
Well, it's not the same, but it curves into it. Time for some STOOOOOORM
djpraiseadelik
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Turn One: Goblin Guide (2 damage) Turn Two: Four of these + Spawning Breath (2 to 3 damage) Turn Three: Swing with all + overcharged Dynacharge (22 damage) GG
dave78pdx
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Supposing you draw four of these within your opening hand and first two turns... You can drop four bears on turn 2 and have RG to spare? Crazy. Even one copy on it's own, it's still a cube-worthy card. 5-STARS!
vantha
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In draft you are getting two spells for 4 mana. On turn 2 this is pretty exciting its not Seething Song mana but in this set there are plenty of options at the 2 mana mark such as Alpha Authority, Bomber Corps, Disciple of the old ways, Firefist striker, Greenside Watcher, Skarrg Guildmage, and Madcap skills. This card is crazy if you draft for her. It can lead to blowout games when you have so much put on the board by turn 2.
TheMuffinMethod
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Honestly I think this is one of the best cards in the entire set. It essentially cascades into any two drop, so with a decent hand you can do something like get out another one of these and then even a Lightning Mauler and swing for 4 or something. This card makes green/red aggro even more ridiculous in Standard.
snied
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Turn 2, Emissary into a Lightning Mauler, pair and swing! I'll take it!
Or better yet, Emissary into Emissary into Emissary into Emissary into Lightning Mauler, pair and swing!
tehsquirrely
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If only she had haste, she would be my girl. Combo'ing with lightning mauler is still viable though, so I guess I can't complain.
Jhyrryl
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The subtlety mentioned in the flavor text? This creature lets you splash red or green, not just smooth it.
Hunter06
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
This is... too good for standard, and here I though we might get away from Jund for a while. 5/5 stars
@Psychrates People aren't making pot jokes because we aren't all children. The "Burning-Tree" Clan is the most powerful clan in the entire Gruul faction. It is the clan of Borborygmos. Like the Burning-Tree Shaman (Great in EDH, by the way. Sure you can spin that Sensei's Divining Top. Enjoy the ping.) Or the Burning-Tree Bloodscale.
This card is strong. A bear that can potentially chain into explosive turns can be brutal. I'm not a fan of red...and this thing has caused me many headaches. It isn't a finisher by any means, and is quickly outclassed by other creatures later in the game. But it is such a key part of Naya and Jund aggro openings, and allows for such offensive power as early as turn two...well, props must be given where props are due.
TheWallinator74
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
It's a Gruul-themed "bear" that you essentially get for free. What's not to love?
Also, I'd that.
SRSFACE
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
This just happened in a game I played:
T1: shock in Stomping Grounds, play Arbor Elf T2: played a Mountain, played the entire playset of Burning-Tree Emissary, tapped the Stomping Grounds for a 3rd mana and played Hellraiser Goblin that I just drew.
Swing for 10 on turn 2, no cards left in hand. Also my opponent was pretty mad my deck didn't seem to get shuffled all that well. But I swear I put them about 15 cards apart before I started shuffling.
Diachronos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
There is nothing about her I can say that hasn't already been said. A mandatory 4-of in any Gruul aggro deck.
@martianshark: ...No, it doesn't. Training Grounds turns Deadeye Navigator's {1}{U} cost into a {U} cost, and the Emissary doesn't generate {U} when she comes in. It would only work if you had some way to repeatedly turn the {R} or {G} into {U}.
spartan7023
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i do like the free part about this card but surely green as something better to do than get free grizzly bears. even though you get your mana back you don't get your card back. i think this card will only work well in decks that have carefully crafted a mana base around this or that have a way of winning a turn earlier because of this card. i feel that a 4+ rating should be reserved for top cards therefore i cant give this higher than a 3.5.
Manite
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This and Manamorphose are begging to be broken so badly. There's got to be a draw-go deck in the makings somewhere.
@Lifegainwithbite: According to my bro, who is rather well-versed on MtG rulings, your opponent couldn't legally have played Terminus turn 1 because you have to cast the spell when you draw it and by playing a Plains and thus starting his Main Phase he passed the chance.
Lotosblume
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Ever since I saw this card, I always imagined her hanging-out and causing problems with her good friend Vexing Shusher.
EyeballFrog
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's the return of Frogmite. And my is it making quite the splash.
Zefyrus
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
For those that don't notice: it's not only free, it also fixes your mana in the R/G.
Winhert
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Now imagine someone dropping 4 of them on T2.
Zoah
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Very nice for emptying your hand for players, like me, who are still desperately clinging to their werewolves and trying to convince ourselves that they're useful.
LordRandomness
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
If you're on the play and drop this, you get two turns to hit with it before Supreme Verdict shows up. It should be plenty possible to make that work.
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Here's one of my favorite plays in my casual Naya beat down deck: T1: Forest, Arbor Elf T2: Temple Garden, pay 2 life. Tap for and play this. Then tap the elf to untap the Temple Garden. Tap it for and use the leftover to play Woolly Thoctar. Aww yeah.
I use it in a deck with all three of these things.
Lockwert
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Well, I hate this card.
Ike38
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
T2: Legion's Initiave
T3: Put one more land. Put down four Burning-Tree Emissary. Activate Legion's Initiative ability.
T4: Put down Craterhoof Behemoth. Swing for 37 damage with Trample. GG
Rare but Super FUN.
Continue
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Myr Superion cried tears of artificial robotic joy when he saw this.
TowerDefender
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Yeva loves her, being able to flash in 3 green creatures (or more depending on your hand/mana) is a fun combat trick. I did this as my opponent attacked into an empty board!
Consider running cards like this in a similar manner to Priest of Gix or Priest of Urabrask where you can dump your hand quickly and allow something like Wheel of Fate to refill it.
Lifegainwithbite
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Haha. 4/5 for one of the best cards in standard? Gatherer you so crazy.
Psychrates
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Produces G w/o a Forest. Let Shenanigans commence.
Edit: Where are all the pot jokes? 'Burning Tree' Emissary? C'mon people.
I didn't realize we were highbrow and upstanding citizens of the internet, esp. w/...
Hey, Manamorphose got a body. A nice body. Posted By: psychichobo (2/2/2013 6:27:32 AM)
Also, I'd Tap that. Posted By: TheWallinator74 (2/27/2013 1:43:23 PM)
So you're a fully mature nerd, devoid of a sense of humor or the ability to recognize cheap puns, and a bad case of HFA? Hallelujah and good day to you, sir. You've managed to make being a child seem like a negative. Kinda childish.
ATM97
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like to look at my opponent's face when I cast two copies of Burning-Tree Emissarys and then cast a Lightning Mauler, then attack for 4 on turn two. 5/5
Great card! I've not seen it mentioned here- she plays nice with Prophetic Prism which seems almost custom made for Burning-Tree. True, it makes you wait to turn 3 but greatly expands the potential "Burning-Tree into-" combos plus you get to draw a card...
Don’t know why people are talking about Myr Superion. Myr Superion already had Tinder Wall to help it out!
SirZapdos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Quite the card. Pre-Theros, it was arguably one of the pillars of the Standard format, fueling Naya-coloured aggro decks with best buds Champion of the Parish and Lightning Mauler. Now with Theros out, and Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx out there, this card takes on a whole new meaning, serving as fuel for green (and occasionally red) devotion decks. It's now seeing play in Modern in a mono-green devotion deck. So fascinating that a card can be important in two different Standard formats, but for completely different reasons.
VeIkro
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Countless times ive played 2-3 turn two followed by a talaras battalion.
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I know that the gatherer has just released gatecrash as of this post, but the 3.6 score on this is PITIFUL considering the potential this card has!
Essentially a free 2/2. It makes your aggro deck "aggro'er".
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Sure, I have heard of the argument that this card "incites players to smash their faces to a sweet Supreme Verdict". That's a good point, and I haven't actually prepared a counter-argument for people playing in a very competitive scene, so I'll pass.
-
But I just want to note that not all magic environment are "all about efficiency" or "what's trendy". In KITCHEN TABLE magic, this is AWESOME!
EDIT : Okay, in a day it went from 3.6 to 4.6. Good job people!
Ok, fine, it's not exactly like Manamorphose...
Not to bring you down, but... if you play a Champion of the Perish turn one you won't be able to cast this guy on turn two.
T2: Burning-Tree Emissary, into Lightning Mauler. Souldbond these two, swing for 7.
T3: Rally the Peasants, swing for 13.
T3 win in standard. I'm ready. "
T3 win if you get your god hand and your opponent is RETARDED.
T2: Burning-Tree Emissary, into Lightning Mauler. Soulbond these two, swing for 7.
T3: Rally the Peasants, swing for 13.
T3 win in standard. I'm ready.
EDIT: I see some are confused. Here are the lands you want in your deck to T2 this.
Cavern of Souls
Sacred Foundry
Clifftop Retreat
No, it's not going to be a frequent hand, but considering you can run Boros Elite alongside the Champion for the exact same swing, that's 8 one-drops for T1. Not too hard to draw. Having two of 12 lands, also not too unreasonable. Yes, sometimes you'll get our others (I'll be running this in an American Human deck, so sometimes I'll have a Hallowed Fountain instead, but if you had it in Naya, then you have Temple Gardens to help, too, now). Getting the Lightning Mauler and B-TE will be the tough part, but hey, maybe you'll get it in your first or second draw and pull it off anyway.
I'll settle for T4 and T5 if I'm off to an understandably slow start.
On top of that, she's just crazy in a shaman tribal deck.
There are plenty of good cheap shamans that can be cast with
And once you play Sachi, Daughter of Seshiro, you can even tap her for
That's what i call a great investment for a 2/2 that started off with a net loss of zero mana to begin with!
In all honesty though, cards like these keep magic interesting... And make me play Naya humans...
Well, it's not the same, but it curves into it. Time for some STOOOOOORM
Turn Two: Four of these + Spawning Breath (2 to 3 damage)
Turn Three: Swing with all + overcharged Dynacharge (22 damage)
GG
Or better yet, Emissary into Emissary into Emissary into Emissary into Lightning Mauler, pair and swing!
5/5 stars
People aren't making pot jokes because we aren't all children. The "Burning-Tree" Clan is the most powerful clan in the entire Gruul faction. It is the clan of Borborygmos. Like the Burning-Tree Shaman (Great in EDH, by the way. Sure you can spin that Sensei's Divining Top. Enjoy the ping.) Or the Burning-Tree Bloodscale.
This card is strong. A bear that can potentially chain into explosive turns can be brutal. I'm not a fan of red...and this thing has caused me many headaches. It isn't a finisher by any means, and is quickly outclassed by other creatures later in the game. But it is such a key part of Naya and Jund aggro openings, and allows for such offensive power as early as turn two...well, props must be given where props are due.
Also, I'd
T1: shock in Stomping Grounds, play Arbor Elf
T2: played a Mountain, played the entire playset of Burning-Tree Emissary, tapped the Stomping Grounds for a 3rd mana and played Hellraiser Goblin that I just drew.
Swing for 10 on turn 2, no cards left in hand. Also my opponent was pretty mad my deck didn't seem to get shuffled all that well. But I swear I put them about 15 cards apart before I started shuffling.
@martianshark:
...No, it doesn't. Training Grounds turns Deadeye Navigator's {1}{U} cost into a {U} cost, and the Emissary doesn't generate {U} when she comes in. It would only work if you had some way to repeatedly turn the {R} or {G} into {U}.
@Lifegainwithbite: According to my bro, who is rather well-versed on MtG rulings, your opponent couldn't legally have played Terminus turn 1 because you have to cast the spell when you draw it and by playing a Plains and thus starting his Main Phase he passed the chance.
T1: Forest, Arbor Elf
T2: Temple Garden, pay 2 life. Tap for
Accelerates mana with Æther Vial.
I use it in a deck with all three of these things.
T3: Put one more land. Put down four Burning-Tree Emissary. Activate Legion's Initiative ability.
T4: Put down Craterhoof Behemoth. Swing for 37 damage with Trample. GG
Rare but Super FUN.
Helps Naya or Jund color fix for Sprouting Thrinax or Woolly Thoctar while also providing tempo and a multi-colored body for the old (very good) 2-drop Blades (such as Naya Hushblade, or Jund Hackblade.)
Consider running cards like this in a similar manner to Priest of Gix or Priest of Urabrask where you can dump your hand quickly and allow something like Wheel of Fate to refill it.
Produces G w/o a Forest. Let Shenanigans commence.
Edit: Where are all the pot jokes? 'Burning Tree' Emissary? C'mon people.
@ThinkOriginal: http://www.reddit.com/r/saprolings/
I didn't realize we were highbrow and upstanding citizens of the internet, esp. w/...
Hey, Manamorphose got a body. A nice body. Posted By: psychichobo (2/2/2013 6:27:32 AM)
Also, I'd Tap that. Posted By: TheWallinator74 (2/27/2013 1:43:23 PM)
So you're a fully mature nerd, devoid of a sense of humor or the ability to recognize cheap puns, and a bad case of HFA? Hallelujah and good day to you, sir. You've managed to make being a child seem like a negative. Kinda childish.
I've not seen it mentioned here- she plays nice with Prophetic Prism which seems almost custom made for Burning-Tree. True, it makes you wait to turn 3 but greatly expands the potential "Burning-Tree into-" combos plus you get to draw a card...