Hero card

Virulent Emissary

Creature - Elf Assassin

PayoffThe more of what it needs is on the battlefield, the stronger it gets: the deck has to feed it a lot

Needs: ETB

Gives: Lifegain, Outlaw / Crime

Not in winning lists yet: read from the card text and the graph

Build a deck with Virulent Emissary as the hero

Makes it work

Old-Growth Educator · Poisoner's Apprentice · Moseo, Vein's New Dean · Hellspur Posse Boss · All-Fates Stalker · Ambush Wolf · Fang-Druid Summoner · Pond Prophet

Benefits from it

Rakish Crew · At Knifepoint · Tigra, Feline Fury · Thornfist Striker · Comforting Counsel · Titanbones, Towering Heart · Follow the Lumarets · South Wind Avatar

Use instead if you don't have it

Ankle Biter · Gran Pulse Ochu · Dragon Sniper · Radioactive Spider · Fateweaver · Eumidian Terrabotanist

Cards in the meta that answer it

Requiting Hex (Dimir Aggro) · Burst Lightning (Izzet Elemental) · Countersculpt (Azorius Control) · Get Lost (Azorius Control)