Advisor

Advisor
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Statistics	60 cards 30% 16.7% 8.3% 6.7% 8.3% 8.3% 3.3% 1.7% 13.3% 3.3% as of Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
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type:"Advisor"

Advisor is a creature type and class that first appeared in Portal Three Kingdoms. Retroactively, Riven Turnbull and Tobias Andrion from Legends were the first cards with the type.

Description

Advisors are tacticians, courtiers, ministers, and others known for their wisdom. Bureaucrats (once a separate class) are also ranked as advisors. Advisors often serve roles in government, where they can obtain significant personal power by manipulating those above and below them. Advisors span all five colors, though a majority are white. From the name, one might guess that an advisor is never in direct command, but rather stands at the side of authority. This is untrue. Teysa Karlov, Augustin IV, and Gaddock Teeg are all free agents and "advise" no one.

In the Grand Creature Type Update the subtypes Tactician (Seasoned Tactician) and Bureaucrat (Aysen Bureaucrats) were incorporated into the Advisor class.

Persistent Petitioners are "relentless" Advisors.

Notable Advisors

Dominaria

• Grenfell Mor
• Ib Halfheart
• Riven Turnbull
• Tobias Andrion

Fiora

• Leovold

Kaladesh

• Kambal the corrupt Kambal supervised the distribution of aether. He exerts whatever power necessary to maintain his domain and his fortune. He was in league with [[Dhiren Baral|Baral and Tezzeret when the latter abducted the best inventors of the Fair.
• Sram

Kamigawa

• Masako. A stern noblewoman in Konda's court. She was Konda's eyes and ears in Eiganjo Castle.
• Michiko Konda

Lorwyn

• Gaddock Teeg

Ravnica

• Augustin IV
• Karlov
• Obzedat
• Teysa Karlov
• Tomik

Theros

• Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths

Unknown

• Kethis, the Hidden Hand

Other

• Alexander Clamilton
• Diaochan, Artful Beauty
• Kongming, "Sleeping Dragon"
• Lady Sun
• Lu Su, Wu Advisor
• Pang Tong, "Young Phoenix"
• Xun Yu, Wei Advisor
• Zhuge Jin, Wu Strategist
• Zuo Ci, the Mocking Sage