Emeritus of Truce

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This is a two-faced card bundling a 3/3 Cat Cleric body ({1}{W}{W}) with the iconic Swords to Plowshares ({W}: exile target creature, that player gains life). The Swords to Plowshares back face is one of the premier 1-mana white removal spells in all of Magic, making this card a format staple wherever it's legal. The creature face provides relevant Cat and Cleric tribal synergies. As a package, the instant-speed exile removal face alone guarantees tier-1 status across formats.

• This card pairs a 3/3 Cat Cleric body with Swords to Plowshares as its back face; the 'Prepared' keyword likely allows the instant to be cast as an adventure or accessed directly from the creature face, making the bundle two-cards-in-one at a premium mana cost.

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• Evaluating this card primarily on the Swords to Plowshares face is correct — that back face alone defines its tier-1 status; the creature front is a bonus, not the draw.

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• The pip-heavy front face ({1}{W}{W}) is worth noting for multicolor decks, but the back face ({W}) is trivially splashable, so the card as a whole remains accessible in any white shell.

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• EDHREC rank: #13,290