---
name: "Emissary's Ploy"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Conspiracy"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "CN2"
set_name: "Conspiracy: Take the Crown"
collector_number: "4"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Howard Lyon"
oracle_id: "88e936c3-cab9-430f-baa1-930ff557cbf6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/emissarys-ploy-cn2"
legalities:
  commander: "banned"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "banned"
  vintage: "banned"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Emissary's Ploy
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Conspiracy

## Oracle Text
(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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Unexpected Potential](/printing/unexpected-potential-cns.md) — Conspiracy
2. [Sovereign's Realm](/printing/sovereigns-realm-cn2.md) — Conspiracy
3. [Hymn of the Wilds](/printing/hymn-of-the-wilds-plst.md) — Conspiracy
4. [Power Play](/printing/power-play-cns.md) — Conspiracy
5. [Secrets of Paradise](/printing/secrets-of-paradise-cns.md) — Conspiracy
6. [Advantageous Proclamation](/printing/advantageous-proclamation-cns.md) — Conspiracy

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Conspiracy: Take the Crown (CN2) #4
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Howard Lyon
- **Total Printings:** 3 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `banned` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `banned` | Vintage: `banned` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`