I didn't have expectations for Emmara Tandris since I haven't read either books of the RtR block.
I did have expectations in that I wanted to have a decent champion. Instead we get a big creature with only one ability...and a very, cruelly boring one at that.
3/5 because the art is good. I mean, look at her, she's cute!
Posted By:
Dabok
(4/24/2013 1:25:08 PM)
Divine Reckoning
You keep one guy, I keep twenty.
Posted By:
MrShinyObject
(4/23/2013 11:10:53 PM)
Here's how I would have done Emmara.
Emmara Tandris
3WG
Legendary Creature- Elf Shaman
Creatures tokens you control get +2/+2 and have trample and lifelink.
4/4
I think she's balanced, fun, and gives a freaking Armadillo Cloak to your tokens.
Posted By:
mpitcock
(8/23/2013 4:13:25 PM)
I have selected Orzhov as my Guild for Dragon's Maze Pre-release Weekend. Thus my Guild Champion to conquer the Dragon's Maze will be Tesa, Enovy of Ghosts. However, I hope to make a secret alliance between Orzhov and Selesnya if I can manage to pull a Emmara Tandris from a Booster Pack. The following Standard deck will hopefully set the stage for either Champion.
Orzhov - Liliana / Sorin, Lord of Tokens
1 Captain of the Watch
4 Doomed Traveler
4 Gather the Townsfolk
1 Geist-Honored Monk
4 Ghost Quarter
1 Godless Shrine
1 Increasing Devotion
3 Intangible Virtue
2 Isolated Chapel
2 Liliana of the Veil
4 Lingering Souls
4 Midnight Haunting
2 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
3 Oblivion Ring
1 Obzedat, Ghost Council
7 Plains
2 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
7 Swamp
3 Tragic Slip
2 Vampire Nighthawk
2 Vault of the Archangel
SB: 1 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 2 Witchbane Orb
SB: 2 Mask of Avacyn
SB: 2 High Priest of Penance
SB: 2 Erase
SB: 2 Murder
SB: 2 Rebuke
SB: 2 Smite
I plan to get her on the battlefield by add... (see all)
Posted By:
DanielLPennington
(4/25/2013 10:40:49 AM)
I actually think I'll playtest her in my elf deck. Granted, I'll need to put in at least 1 plains, but what the heck, her ability may actually be helpful. I don't think she's TERRIBLE, just overpriced a little.
Posted By:
atemu1234
(5/7/2013 3:31:40 PM)
IDK, I was underwhelmed at first. But I threw her in, and I've played her several times now. And every time I've played her I've won. A couple times, yeah, I probably would've won anyway (but I like adding insult to injury). But there were a few where I was all but finished, and she turn the whole game around for me. So... while I wish she was better, I can't bring myself to talk too bad about her. I don't she's as bad as most make her out to be.
Posted By:
Yesyesandyes
(6/1/2013 11:27:15 AM)
Unbarial Rites. Junk Tokens.
Posted By:
ATM97
(7/24/2013 9:26:21 PM)
@Zomboss: Did YOU?
I'm not saying Emmara's better, but she's a 5/7. Elesh is a 4/7. Remember, Elesh doesn't buff herself.
Posted By:
DoragonShinzui
(2/19/2014 7:59:23 AM)
You guys are fools. I will rock your world with her as my general any day of the week. Unless you can consistently draw murders and day of judgments and go for the throats you are dead. There's no way you're packing enough removal to take out the swarms of tokens I have. And with Asceticism I'm pretty much invincible. Don't bash her until you make an edh deck with her. 4/5
@ lostmongoose
Avacyn is a whole different card all together. First of all she's mono white, so she makes for a bad general, all of the good tokens are green, and she is also mythic rarity. You guys are so spoiled and short sighted to be able to construct around a card and have fun with it. You can't fudging think every Magic card should be like Phyrexian Obliterator, 4 mana for 5/5 with two upsides. Get real...
@Narfnra
I said day of judgement in my review. Did you forget about the regenerate clause on Asceticism? So she's a bad general because there are board wipes? Yes, I'd prefer if her cmc was lower too but ... (see all)
Posted By:
Silence9
(2/28/2014 1:47:08 AM)
OP. She's better than Jedit Ojanen. THIS, folks, is power creep at work.
Posted By:
steev
(4/23/2013 4:40:37 PM)