---
name: "Mangara, the Diplomat"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Cleric"
colors: []
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Lifelink"]
set: "BLC"
set_name: "Bloomburrow Commander"
collector_number: "145"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Howard Lyon"
oracle_id: "cbcb6d9a-6ae5-4bcd-8013-2b657553764a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mangara-the-diplomat-blc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Mangara, the Diplomat
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
- **Keywords:** Lifelink

## Oracle Text
Lifelink
Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card.
Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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2. [Court Cleric](/printing/court-cleric-m19.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
3. [The Destined White Mage](/printing/the-destined-white-mage-fic.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
4. [Kambal, Consul of Allocation](/printing/kambal-consul-of-allocation-2x2.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
5. [The Council of Four](/printing/the-council-of-four-clb.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Noble
6. [Mai, Scornful Striker](/printing/mai-scornful-striker-tla.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Noble Ally

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #145
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Howard Lyon
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2020-06-23)* An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
- *(2020-06-23)* Players can cast spells and activate abilities after the triggered ability resolves but before the spell that caused it to trigger does.
- *(2020-06-23)* You draw just one card, no matter how many creatures are attacking you and your planeswalkers beyond the second.
- *(2020-06-23)* If your opponent attacks you with one creature and your planeswalker with another, you draw a card.
- *(2020-06-23)* If some of the attacking creatures leave the battlefield while Mangara's triggered ability is on the stack, use the player or planeswalker they were attacking before they left to determine whether you draw a card. On the other hand, if they're removed from combat without leaving the battlefield, use their current information to determine that they're not attacking you or a planeswalker you control anymore.