Esior, Wardwing Familiar

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Name	Esior, Wardwing Familiar
Type	Legendary creature — bird
Description	Flying Spells your opponents cast that target one or more commanders you control cost more to cast. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Artist	Jesper Ejsing
Set	Magic Online Promos #86238
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Esior, Wardwing Familiar

Esior, Wardwing Familiar, Legendary creature — bird, designed by Jesper Ejsing first released in Nov, 2020 in the set Commander Legends and was printed exactly in 3 different ways. It see play in 2 formats: Commander and Pauper Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 6.55.

This card, Esior, Wardwing Familiar, would be a valuable addition to a Commander deck that focuses on protecting and leveraging multiple commanders. It particularly shines in decks where the commanders are crucial to the strategy, as it significantly increases the cost of spells targeting them. While there may be other cards that offer similar protection or utility, Esior's Partner ability allows for unique deck-building options and synergies, making it a strong contender for inclusion in decks looking to protect and empower their commanders.

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11/10/20

If something refers to your commander while you have two commanders, it refers to one of them of your choice. If you are instructed to perform an action on your commander (e.g. put it from the command zone into your hand due to Command Beacon), you choose one of your commanders at the time the effect happens.

11/10/20

If your Commander deck has two commanders, you can only include cards whose own color identities are also found in your commanders’ combined color identities. If Falthis and Kediss are your commanders, your deck may contain cards with black and/or red in their color identity, but not cards with green, white, or blue.

11/10/20

To determine the total cost of an opponent’s spell that targets a commander you control, start with the mana cost or alternative cost that player is paying, add any cost increases (such as that of Esior’s middle ability), then apply any cost reductions. The converted mana cost of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.

11/10/20

To have two commanders, both must have the partner ability as the game begins. Losing the ability during the game doesn’t cause either to cease to be your commander.

11/10/20

You can choose two commanders with partner that are the same color or colors. In Commander Draft, you can even choose two of the same commander with partner if you drafted them. If you do this, make sure you keep the number of times you’ve cast each from the command zone clear for “commander tax” purposes.

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