Elminster • (Azorius Commander deck) • Archidekt

229 views

Commander

Size: 99

No deck tags

RedSimphony

Playtester

RedSimphony

229 views

Commander

Size: 99

No deck tags

Please consider supporting our Patreon to remove ads

Add card

View as

Group by

Sort by

Price sources

Local filter

Choose your preferred layout. You can mix and match options using the View as & Group by drop-downs above.

Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $2.49

Elminster

Whenever you scry, the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn costs

less to cast, where X is the number of cards looked at while scrying this way.
+2: Draw a card, then scry 2.
−3: Exile the top card of your library. Create a number of 1/1 blue Faerie Dragon creature tokens with flying equal to that card's mana value.
Elminster can be your commander.

Legendary Planeswalker - Elminster

$2.49 $1.32 $1.04

Commander

(CTRL to add secondary)

Artifact

Qty: 6 Price: $28.60

Crystal Ball

: Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Artifact

$1.29 $0.42 $0.39

Mindsplice Apparatus

Flash
At the beginning of your upkeep, put an oil counter on this artifact.
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost

less to cast for each oil counter on this artifact.

Artifact

$1.49 $1.10 $0.15

Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong

: Scry 2.
Whenever you scry or surveil, look at the top card of your library. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Do this only once each turn. (Look at the card after you scry or surveil.)

Legendary Artifact

$9.99 $8.01 $5.21

Sapphire Medallion

Blue spells you cast cost

less to cast.

Artifact

$11.99 $8.69 $7.89

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$3.49 $1.46 $1.49

Witching Well

When this artifact enters, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards.

Artifact

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Artifact

(CTRL to add secondary)

Creature

Qty: 20 Price: $41.06

Archaeomancer

When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature - Human Wizard

$0.59 $0.37 $0.28

Augury Owl

Flying
When this creature enters, scry 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Creature - Bird

$0.49 $0.36 $0.16

Cryptic Annelid

When this creature enters, scry 1, then scry 2, then scry 3. (To scry X, look at the top X cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Creature - Beast Worm

$0.69 $0.31 $0.15

Eligeth, Crossroads Augur

Flying
If you would scry a number of cards, draw that many cards instead.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Legendary Creature - Sphinx

$0.99 $0.30 $0.15

Elvish Mariner

Whenever this creature attacks, scry 1.
Whenever you scry, tap up to X target nonland permanents, where X is the number of cards looked at while scrying this way.

Creature - Elf Pilot

$4.49 $1.29 $1.19

Esior, Wardwing Familiar

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.)

Legendary Creature - Bird

$0.99 $0.56 $0.45

Faerie Seer

Flying
When this creature enters, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Creature - Wizard Faerie

$1.29 $0.41 $0.19

Gandalf, White Rider

Vigilance
Whenever you cast a spell, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn. Scry 1.
When Gandalf dies, you may put it into its owner's library fifth from the top.

Legendary Creature - Wizard Avatar

$6.99 $7.73 $7.18

Geist of the Archives

Defender
At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Creature - Spirit

$0.39 $0.16 $0.15

Hermes, Overseer of Elpis

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying and vigilance.
Whenever you attack with one or more Birds, scry 2.

Legendary Creature - Wizard Elder

$0.79 $0.39 $0.25

Matoya, Archon Elder

Whenever you scry or surveil, draw a card. (Draw after you scry or surveil.)

Legendary Creature - Human Warlock

$2.29 $1.28 $0.15

Murmuring Mystic

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 blue Bird Illusion creature token with flying.

Creature - Human Wizard

$1.49 $0.51 $0.34

Prescient Chimera

Flying
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Creature - Chimera

$0.35 $0.30 $0.15

Princess Yue

When Princess Yue dies, if she was a nonland creature, return this card to the battlefield tapped under your control. She's a land named Moon. She gains "

: Add

." (She's still legendary.)

: Scry 2.

Legendary Creature - Human Ally Noble

$5.49 $1.62 $1.82

Prognostic Sphinx

Flying
Discard a card: This creature gains hexproof until end of turn. Tap it.
Whenever this creature attacks, scry 3.

Creature - Sphinx

$0.49 $0.33 $0.15

Rumor Gatherer

Alliance — Whenever another creature you control enters, scry 1. If this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, draw a card instead.

Creature - Wizard Elf

$1.49 $0.49 $0.52

Silver Raven

Flying
When this creature enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Creature Artifact - Bird

$0.99 $0.30 $0.15

Spark Double

You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature or planeswalker you control, except it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature, it enters with an additional loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker, and it isn't legendary.

Creature - Illusion

$7.99 $4.81 $4.84

Sphinx of Foresight

You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, scry 3 at the beginning of your first upkeep.
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1.

Creature - Sphinx

$2.29 $0.58 $0.29

Stormwing Entity

This spell costs

less to cast if you've cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn.
Flying
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
When this creature enters, scry 2.

Creature - Elemental

$0.49 $0.25 $0.15

Creature

(CTRL to add secondary)

Enchantment

Qty: 8 Price: $21.42

Eyes Everywhere

At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1.

: Exchange control of this enchantment and target nonland permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.

Enchantment

$0.39 $0.25 $0.15

Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment

$6.99 $6.71 $5.68

Jace's Sanctum

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost

less to cast.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, scry 1.

Enchantment

$2.29 $2.48 $0.60

Lost Isle Calling

Whenever you scry, put a verse counter on this enchantment.

, Exile this enchantment: Draw a card for each verse counter on this enchantment. If it had seven or more verse counters on it, take an extra turn after this one. Activate only as a sorcery.

Enchantment

$0.49 $0.26 $0.15

Netherese Puzzle-Ward

Focus Beam — At the beginning of your upkeep, roll a d4. Scry X, where X is the result.
Perfect Illumination — Whenever you roll a die's highest natural result, draw a card.

Enchantment

$2.79 $1.12 $0.76

Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment

$4.49 $2.21 $2.25

Regenerations Restored

Vanishing 12 (This enchantment enters with twelve time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
Whenever one or more time counters are removed from this enchantment, scry 1 and you gain 1 life. Then if this enchantment has no time counters on it, exile it. When you do, take an extra turn after this one.

Enchantment

$0.49 $0.36 $0.15

The Legend of Kuruk

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I, II — Scry 2, then draw a card.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.

Enchantment - Saga

$3.49 $2.43 $1.04

Enchantment

(CTRL to add secondary)

Instant

Qty: 9 Price: $18.67

Condescend

Counter target spell unless its controller pays

. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Instant

$0.79 $0.77 $0.62

Council's Deliberation

Draw a card.
Whenever you scry, if you control an Island, you may exile this card from your graveyard. If you do, draw a card.

Instant

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

Diviner's Portent

Roll a d20 and add the number of cards in your hand.
1—14 | Draw X cards.
15+ | Scry X, then draw X cards.

Instant

$1.99 $1.14 $0.43

Frantic Search

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

Instant

$2.29 $2.22 $1.03

Heliod's Intervention

Choose one —
• Destroy X target artifacts and/or enchantments.
• Target player gains twice X life.

Instant

$4.49 $3.05 $2.50

Mirrorform

Each nonland permanent you control becomes a copy of target non-Aura permanent.

Instant

$4.49 $1.91 $1.38

Mystic Reflection

Choose target nonlegendary creature. The next time one or more creatures or planeswalkers enter this turn, they enter as copies of the chosen creature.
Foretell

(During your turn, you may pay

and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Instant

$2.79 $1.63 $0.76

Precognitive Perception

Draw three cards.
Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, instead scry 3, then draw three cards.

Instant

$0.49 $0.29 $0.15

Sphinx's Revelation

You gain X life and draw X cards.

Instant

$0.99 $1.12 $0.40

Instant

(CTRL to add secondary)

Land

Qty: 38 Price: $884.04

Adarkar Wastes

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land

$0.69 $0.37 $0.29

Castle Vantress

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island.

: Add

: Scry 2.

Land

$0.69 $0.31 $0.15

Celestial Colonnade

This land enters tapped.

: Add

: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 4/4 white and blue Elemental creature with flying and vigilance. It's still a land.

Land

$0.59 $0.36 $0.15

Command Tower

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land

$0.79 $0.33 $0.23

Deserted Beach

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.

: Add

Land

$7.99 $6.20 $4.93

Floodfarm Verge

: Add

. Activate only if you control a Plains or an Island.

Land

$14.99 $9.39 $8.66

Glacial Fortress

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island.

: Add

Land

$0.69 $0.31 $0.15

Irrigated Farmland

(

: Add

.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling

(

, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land - Plains Island

$0.49 $0.22 $0.15

Island

(

: Add

Basic Land - Island

$0.49 $---- $----

Lonely Sandbar

This land enters tapped.

: Add

.
Cycling

(

, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land

$0.59 $0.31 $0.22

Mystic Gate

: Add

, or

Land

$4.99 $5.62 $3.07

Nimbus Maze

: Add

. Activate only if you control an Island.

: Add

. Activate only if you control a Plains.

Land

$9.49 $6.77 $5.63

Plains

(

: Add

Basic Land - Plains

$0.49 $---- $----

Port Town

As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.

: Add

Land

$0.59 $0.30 $0.15

Prairie Stream

(

: Add

.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land - Plains Island

$0.49 $0.25 $0.15

Sea of Clouds

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.

: Add

Land

$29.99 $21.03 $18.73

Secluded Steppe

This land enters tapped.

: Add

.
Cycling

(

, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Temple of Enlightenment

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

: Add

Land

$0.49 $0.26 $0.15

Tundra

(

: Add

Land - Plains Island

$799.99 $695.59 $445.79

Land

(CTRL to add secondary)

Sorcery

Qty: 17 Price: $64.85

Alrund's Epiphany

Create two 1/1 blue Bird creature tokens with flying. Take an extra turn after this one. Exile Alrund's Epiphany.
Foretell

(During your turn, you may pay

and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Sorcery

$4.49 $3.94 $2.55

Aminatou's Augury

Exile the top eight cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them onto the battlefield. Until end of turn, for each nonland card type, you may cast a spell of that type from among the exiled cards without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery

$0.99 $0.40 $0.30

Approach of the Second Sun

If this spell was cast from your hand and you've cast another spell named Approach of the Second Sun this game, you win the game. Otherwise, put Approach of the Second Sun into its owner's library seventh from the top and you gain 7 life.

Sorcery

$7.49 $6.07 $6.62

Candlekeep Inspiration

Until end of turn, creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X, where X is the number of cards you own in exile and in your graveyard that are instant cards, are sorcery cards, and/or have an Adventure.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Clone Legion

For each creature target player controls, create a token that's a copy of that creature.

Sorcery

$2.79 $3.21 $1.64

Entreat the Angels

Create X 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying.
Miracle

(You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Sorcery

$1.29 $0.43 $0.20

Finale of Glory

Create X 2/2 white Soldier creature tokens with vigilance. If X is 10 or more, also create X 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying and vigilance.

Sorcery

$3.49 $1.71 $1.53

Finale of Revelation

Draw X cards. If X is 10 or more, instead shuffle your graveyard into your library, draw X cards, untap up to five lands, and you have no maximum hand size for the rest of the game.
Exile Finale of Revelation.

Sorcery

$1.29 $0.38 $0.15

Interpret the Signs

Scry 3, then reveal the top card of your library. Draw cards equal to that card's mana value. (To scry 3, look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.14 $0.15

Lórien Revealed

Draw three cards.
Islandcycling

(

, Discard this card: Search your library for an Island card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Sorcery

$8.99 $5.83 $----

Mnemonic Deluge

Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Copy that card three times. You may cast the copies without paying their mana costs. Exile Mnemonic Deluge.

Sorcery

$16.99 $8.37 $8.32

Restoration Seminar

Return target nonland permanent card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Paradigm (Then exile this spell. After you first resolve a spell with this name, you may cast a copy of it from exile without paying its mana cost at the beginning of each of your first main phases.)

Sorcery - Lesson

$5.99 $3.50 $3.49

Storm Herd

Create X 1/1 white Pegasus creature tokens with flying, where X is your life total.

Sorcery

$1.99 $1.10 $1.05

Temporal Mastery

Take an extra turn after this one. Exile Temporal Mastery.
Miracle

(You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Sorcery

$4.99 $4.45 $3.94

Terminus

Put all creatures on the bottom of their owners' libraries.
Miracle

(You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Sorcery

$0.59 $0.37 $0.15

Ugin's Insight

Scry X, where X is the greatest mana value among permanents you control, then draw three cards.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.32 $0.15

White Sun's Twilight

You gain X life. Create X 1/1 colorless Phyrexian Mite artifact creature tokens with toxic 1 and "This token can't block." If X is 5 or more, destroy all other creatures. (Players dealt combat damage by a creature with toxic 1 also get a poison counter.)

Sorcery

$2.29 $1.43 $0.69

Sorcery

(CTRL to add secondary)

Deck Info

Deck size: 99Est cost: $1,061.13

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 4.00Total Mana Value: 244.00

Quantity of

Artifact

Commander

Creature

Enchantment

Instant

Land

Sorcery

Please consider supporting our Patreon to remove ads

Deck stats

Cost

Production

Cost

23 pips - 14 cards

Production

26 mana - 24 cards

Cost

67 pips - 46 cards

Production

29 mana - 27 cards

Cost

0 pips - 0 cards

Production

0 mana - 1 card

Cost

0 pips - 0 cards

Production

0 mana - 1 card

Cost

0 pips - 0 cards

Production

0 mana - 1 card

Cost

0 pips - 0 cards

Production

7 mana - 6 cards

Avg Mana Value: 4.00Total Mana Value: 244.00

Mana curve by

White Spells

Blue Spells

Black Spells

Red Spells

Green Spells

Colorless Spells

Probability of draw

card(s) by

having drawn

card(s)

CategoriesQtyOdds

Quantity of

Artifact

Commander

Creature

Enchantment

Instant

Land

Sorcery

Group by

Sort by

Click charts to focus on cards

Deck extras (0)

Description

This deck has no description