Elena, Turk Recruit

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Elena, Turk Recruit: Legendary Creature - Human Assassin, Final Fantasy Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{W}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Creature - Human Assassin
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
1/4
Rarity
Rare
Set
Final Fantasy Commander (FIC)
Released
2025-06-13
Collector number
18
Artist
Magali Villeneuve
Commander rank
6,219 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Elena, Turk Recruit

Elena, Turk Recruit is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white legendary creature from Final Fantasy Commander (FIC), a Commander product released in June 2025. It is collector number 18 in that set, with art by Magali Villeneuve. It costs {2}{W} (two generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/4 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Final Fantasy Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.28 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

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.

"Looks like talking alone won't cut it. You're going to have to feel some pain!"

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.28 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Elena, Turk Recruit by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Elena, Turk Recruit

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #133Rare2025

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Elena, Turk Recruit, newest first.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A historic spell is a spell that is legendary, is an artifact, or is a Saga.

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