First printed in Final Fantasy Commander (2025)
Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
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.
"Looks like talking alone won't cut it. You're going to have to feel some pain!"
1/4
- Illustrated by
- Magali Villeneuve
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (4)
- 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.
- A historic spell is a spell that is legendary, is an artifact, or is a Saga.
- 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.
Prices
MTGO price: 1.49 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
39 combos, the most popular first:
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Elena, Turk Recruit + Etherium Sculptor + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Elena, Turk Recruit + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Geist of Saint Thalia + Sensei's Divining Top
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Elena, Turk Recruit + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top + Valeria Richards, Precocious
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Armor Wars + Elena, Turk Recruit + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Elena, Turk Recruit + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top + Shuri, Wakandan Inventor
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Elena, Turk Recruit + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Kykar, Wind's Fury + Sensei's Divining Top
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Elena, Turk Recruit + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Gran-Gran + Sensei's Divining Top
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Bilbo, Thief in the Night + Elena, Turk Recruit + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty + Elena, Turk Recruit + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top
- Near-infinite artifact ETB, Near-infinite artifact LTB…: Elena, Turk Recruit + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top + Voyager Quickwelder