Emissary's Ploy

cn2Conspiracy: Take the Crown#4rare
Legal in 0 of 23 formatsBanned in CommanderBanned in LegacyBanned in VintageBanned in 2 more formats
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Price today · this printing
Nonfoil$0.16
Foil$0.92
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Card text & rulings

Oracle text

Conspiracy

(Start the game with this conspiracy face up in the command zone.)

Before drawing your opening hand, choose 1, 2, or 3.

You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast creature spells with mana value equal to the chosen number.

Ability breakdown
Abilities
Static(Start the game with this conspiracy face up in the command zone.)
StaticBefore drawing your opening hand, choose 1, 2, or 3.
StaticYou may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast creature spells with mana value equal to the chosen number.
Rulings
  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    A conspiracy doesn't count as a card in your deck for purposes of meeting minimum deck size requirements. (In most drafts, the minimum deck size is 40 cards.)

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    A conspiracy's static and triggered abilities function as long as that conspiracy is face-up in the command zone.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    Conspiracies are colorless, have no mana cost, and can't be cast as spells.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    Conspiracies are never put into your deck. Instead, you put any number of conspiracies from your card pool into the command zone as the game begins. These conspiracies are face up unless they have hidden agenda, in which case they begin the game face down.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    Conspiracies aren't legal for any sanctioned Constructed format, but may be included in other Limited formats, such as Cube Draft.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    You can look at any player's face-up conspiracies at any time. You'll also know how many face-down conspiracies a player has in the command zone, although you won't know what they are.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    You don't have to play with any conspiracy you draft. However, you have only one opportunity to put conspiracies into the command zone, as the game begins. You can't put conspiracies into the command zone after this point.

Market & price history

Market

CN2 #4
2026-07-06
Emissary's Ploy
$0.16TCGplayer market -5.9% 7d
Lowest Listing
updated 2026-07-06
Nonfoil
Lowest listingNM$0.08Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$0.03· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$0.05 (+62.5%)
Foil
Lowest listingNM$0.56Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$0.53· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$0.03 (+5.4%)
All finishes · 30d
updated 2h ago
Realized change · today vs 30d ago
Nonfoil$0.16 -20.0%
Foil$0.92 0.0%
Price signals
This printing
7d
stable
14d
falling
High conf
30d
stable
Liquidity (implied)Thin

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Cross-printing valuation

1 printings across 1 sets
Printings

This is the only printing — Conspiracy: Take the Crown #4.

Demand signals

Plays as
Commander Synergy

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Where you can play it
alchemy
Not legal
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderBanned
competitivebrawlNot legal
DuelBanned
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyBanned
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerBanned
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageBanned
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Howard Lyon
Reference & exit links
Card details
Artist
Howard Lyon
Frame
draft
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
oval