Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
At the beginning of combat on your turn, target creature token you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn. Embalm(
Complete guide
Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun is a powerful commander and inclusion for decks that focus on tokens and evasion. This legendary Human Cleric ensures your tokens reach their mark while offering a second life through the Embalm mechanic. By turning your tokens into unblockable threats, Temmet provides a reliable way to chip away at your opponent's life total.
Making Tokens Untouchable
Temmet's primary ability triggers at the beginning of combat on your turn. It targets a single creature token you control, granting it a +1/+1 buff and making it unblockable for the remainder of the turn. Note that this must target a creature token; it cannot target non-token creatures, even if they have been modified to behave like tokens.
Understanding Embalm
Embalm is an activated ability that functions only while the card is in your graveyard. When you pay the Embalm cost, you exile the card and create a token copy. This copy is a white Zombie in addition to its other types and has no mana cost, meaning its mana value is 0. You can only activate this ability during your main phase when the stack is empty, just like a sorcery.
Timing and Priority
Once you activate the Embalm ability, exiling the card is part of the cost. This means opponents cannot use graveyard hate, like Crook of Condemnation, to exile the card in response to the activation. If the card enters your graveyard during your main phase, you generally have priority to activate Embalm before anyone can take action to remove it.
Strategic Considerations
Since Temmet's combat trigger happens at the start of combat, you must choose your target before attackers are declared. If you create a token during the beginning of combat step, you may be able to target it. Once the target is chosen and the ability resolves, the creature remains unblockable even if Temmet leaves the battlefield before damage is dealt.
Interaction examples
Temmet, Vizier of NaktamunIf Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun is in your graveyard, you can pay {3}{W}{U} to Embalm him. You create a token that is a copy of Temmet, except it is a white Zombie Human Cleric. Because this new version of Temmet is a token, he can actually target himself with his own combat trigger to become a 3/3 unblockable attacker.
Ornithopter of ParadiseIf you use an effect to create a token copy of Ornithopter of Paradise, Temmet can target that token at the start of combat. The Ornithopter of Paradise token will become 1/3 and cannot be blocked. This is more effective than using the original non-token card, which Temmet cannot target.
Esper SentinelSuppose you have created a token copy of Esper Sentinel. At the beginning of combat, Temmet targets the Esper Sentinel token. It becomes a 2/2 unblockable creature. Because its power has increased, the tax your opponent must pay to prevent you from drawing a card via its ability also increases to {2}.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If a spell or ability puts a creature card with embalm into your graveyard during your main phase, you'll have priority immediately after that spell or ability resolves. You can activate the creature card's embalm ability before any player can exile it with an effect, such as that of Crook of Condemnation, if it's legal for you to do so.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Once you've activated an embalm ability, the card is immediately exiled. Opponents can't try to stop the ability by exiling the card with an effect such as that of Crook of Condemnation.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
For each card with embalm, a corresponding game play supplement token can be found in some Amonkhet booster packs. These supplements are not required to play with cards with embalm; you can use the same items to represent an embalmed token as you would any other token.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
The token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into your graveyard.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
The token is a Zombie in addition to its other types and is white instead of its other colors. It has no mana cost, and thus its mana value is 0. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Related cards and tokens
Legal formats
Commentaires
- Sois le premier à commenter cette carte.
Read next
Meta decks with Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun
No archived Top 8 deck with this card yet.