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Emeritus of Truce // Swords to Plowshares

{1}{W}{W}{W}

Creature — Cat Cleric // Instant

Secrets of Strixhaven·sos #309·Mythic·2026·Art by Aleksi Briclot
StandardLegal
ModernLegal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerLegal
VintageLegal

Oracle Text

Emeritus of Truce

{1}{W}{W}

Creature — Cat Cleric

When this creature enters, target player creates a 1/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying. Then if an opponent controls more creatures than you, this creature becomes . (While it's , you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)

Swords to Plowshares

{W}

Instant

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

P / T

3 / 3

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Legalities

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings15

3/20/2026·wotc

A creature with a prepare spell can't become prepared more than once at the same time. For example, Emeritus of Ideation is on the battlefield and is prepared. When it attacks, its last ability triggers. When that ability resolves, its controller may still exile eight cards from their graveyard, but doing so won't cause Emeritus of Ideation to become prepared a second time or create a second copy of Ancestral Recall in exile.

3/20/2026·wotc

If a prepared creature stops being a creature, it will still be prepared, and the copy of its prepare spell will remain in exile. That permanent's controller will still be able to cast it. The same is true if a prepared creature becomes a copy of something else, even if it's then a permanent without a prepare spell.

3/20/2026·wotc

Creating a copy of a creature's prepare spell in exile ignores copy exceptions applied to that creature that would affect the copiable values of that spell. For example, say a player casts Croaking Counterpart (a sorcery that says "Create a token that's a copy of target non-Frog creature, except it's a 1/1 green Frog.") targeting Goblin Glasswright. The token copy of Goblin Glasswright will enter prepared as a 1/1 green Frog creature, but the copy of Craft with Pride in exile will still be a red sorcery. The copy of Craft with Pride won't be green, a creature, or a Frog, and it won't have power or toughness.

Print Details

Set
Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS)
Number
#309
Rarity
Mythic
Artist
Aleksi Briclot
Frame
2015
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil

Value

USD
$2.42
USD Foil
$2.67
EUR
€2.69
EUR Foil
€3.40
MTGO Tix
0.78

Indicative figures.