Emeria Shepherd
Zendikar Rising Commander 16 • rare
- Set
- Zendikar Rising Commander
- Collector number
- 16
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana white mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Cynthia Sheppard
- Market price
- $2.89
What it does
Flying
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may return target nonland permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. If that land is a Plains, you may return that nonland permanent card to the battlefield instead.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Emeria Shepherd was originally printed as a rare creature in the 2015 set Battle for Zendikar, designed to synergize with the landfall mechanic that defines the plane of Zendikar. It serves as a high-mana value engine for white decks, rewarding players for their land drops by allowing them to recur permanent cards from their graveyard to the battlefield. The card’s design centers on the mythos of the Emeria, the Sky Ruin, representing a powerful angelic guardian tied to the world's floating landmasses.
The version from the Zendikar Rising Commander set, collector number 16, serves as a thematic reprint that maintains the original's mechanical identity while updating the frame to align with the specific visual style of the Commander-focused decks released alongside the 2020 Zendikar Rising expansion. The illustration, created by artist Aleksi Briclot, emphasizes the figure's imposing stature and celestial nature, which has made the card a staple in Commander formats for players utilizing land-focused strategies or graveyard recursion.
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