Elspeth Conquers Death
Elspeth Conquers Death: Enchantment - Saga, Theros Beyond Death. I - Exile target permanent an opponent controls with mana value 3 or greater. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{W}{W}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Enchantment - Saga
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death (THB)
- Released
- 2020-01-24
- Collector number
- 13
- Artist
- Ryan Yee
- Commander rank
- 3,031 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Elspeth Conquers Death
Elspeth Conquers Death is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white enchantment from Theros Beyond Death (THB), an expansion set released in January 2020. It is collector number 13 in that set, with art by Ryan Yee. It costs {3}{W}{W} (three generic and two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Theros Beyond Death (2020) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.77 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I - Exile target permanent an opponent controls with mana value 3 or greater.
II - Noncreature spells your opponents cast cost {2} more to cast until your next turn.
III - Return target creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a +1/+1 counter or a loyalty counter on it.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.77 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Elspeth Conquers Death by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Elspeth Conquers Death
Elspeth Conquers Death has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #THB-13 | Rare | 2021 |
| Theros Beyond Death Promos (PTHB) #13p | Rare | 2020 |
| Theros Beyond Death Promos (PTHB) #13s | Rare | 2020 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Elspeth Conquers Death, newest first.
- In a multiplayer game, if you leave the game after this Saga's second chapter ability resolves but before your next turn begins, its effect lasts until your next turn would have begun. It neither expires immediately nor lasts indefinitely.
- As a Saga enters the battlefield, its controller puts a lore counter on it. As your precombat main phase begins (immediately after your draw step), you put another lore counter on each Saga you control. Putting a lore counter on a Saga in either of these ways doesn't use the stack.
- Each symbol on the left of a Saga's text box represents a chapter ability. A chapter ability is a triggered ability that triggers when a lore counter that is put on the Saga causes the number of lore counters on the Saga to become equal to or greater than the ability's chapter number. Chapter abilities are put onto the stack and may be responded to.
- A chapter ability doesn't trigger if a lore counter is put on a Saga that already had a number of lore counters greater than or equal to that chapter's number. For example, the third lore counter put on a Saga causes the III chapter ability to trigger, but I and II won't trigger again.
- To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases (such as that of this Saga's second chapter), then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
- Removing lore counters won't cause a previous chapter ability to trigger. If lore counters are removed from a Saga, the appropriate chapter abilities will trigger again when the Saga receives lore counters.
- Once a chapter ability has triggered, the ability on the stack won't be affected if the Saga gains or loses counters, or if it leaves the battlefield.
- If a creature on the battlefield has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
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