Elminster
Elminster: Legendary Planeswalker - Elminster, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{W}{U}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Planeswalker - Elminster
- Colour identity
- White and blue (WU)
- Loyalty
- 5
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
- Released
- 2022-06-10
- Collector number
- 274
- Artist
- Viktor Titov
- Keywords
- Scry
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Elminster
Elminster is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white and blue legendary planeswalker from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 274 in that set, with art by Viktor Titov. It costs {3}{W}{U} (three generic, one white and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It enters with 5 loyalty. Its colour identity is white and blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.53 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Whenever you scry, the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn costs {X} 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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.53 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Elminster by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Elminster
Elminster has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #362 | Mythic | 2022 |
| Battle for Baldur's Gate Promos (PCLB) #274s | Mythic | 2022 |
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