---
name: "Erebos's Emissary"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment Creature — Snake"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Bestow"]
set: "THS"
set_name: "Theros"
collector_number: "86"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Sam Burley"
oracle_id: "dc39c52b-9bee-4cec-a970-1867314944ef"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ereboss-emissary-ths"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Erebos's Emissary
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment Creature — Snake
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Bestow

## Oracle Text
Bestow {5}{B} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
Discard a creature card: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If this permanent is an Aura, enchanted creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn instead.
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.

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3. [Gnarled Scarhide](/printing/gnarled-scarhide-jou.md) — Enchantment Creature — Minotaur
4. [Everflame Eidolon](/printing/everflame-eidolon-bng.md) — Enchantment Creature — Spirit
5. [Eidolon of Countless Battles](/printing/eidolon-of-countless-battles-woc.md) — Enchantment Creature — Spirit
6. [Thassa's Emissary](/printing/thassas-emissary-plst.md) — Enchantment Creature — Crab

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Theros (THS) #86
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Sam Burley
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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