Elena, Turk Recruit
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Final Fantasy CommanderFIC · #18
- Card type
- Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.27 € · 0.24 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- White
Card text
When Elena enters, return target non-Assassin historic card from your graveyard to your hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.) Whenever you cast a historic spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Elena.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Magali Villeneuve
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2025-06-13
Flavour text
"Looks like talking alone won't cut it. You're going to have to feel some pain!"
Rulings
A historic spell is a spell that is legendary, is an artifact, or is a Saga.
An ability that triggers "whenever you cast a historic spell" doesn't trigger if a historic card is put onto the battlefield without being cast.
Lands are never cast, so abilities that trigger "whenever you cast a historic spell" won't trigger if you play a legendary land. They also won't trigger if a card on the battlefield transforms into a legendary permanent.
Some abilities trigger "whenever you cast a historic spell." Such an ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.