Erestor of the Council

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Erestor of the Council: Legendary Creature - Elf Noble, Tales of Middle-earth Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{G}{U}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Creature - Elf Noble
Colour identity
Blue and green (UG)
Power / toughness
2/4
Rarity
Rare
Set
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)
Released
2023-06-23
Collector number
53
Artist
Syd Mills
Commander rank
11,342 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Treasure, Scry
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Erestor of the Council

Erestor of the Council is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and green legendary creature from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC), a Commander product released in June 2023. It is collector number 53 in that set, with art by Syd Mills. It costs {1}{G}{U} (one generic, one blue and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue and green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Tales of Middle-earth Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).

Card text

Whenever players finish voting, each opponent who voted for a choice you voted for creates a Treasure token. You scry X, where X is the number of opponents who voted for a choice you didn't vote for. Draw a card.

"There are but two courses: to hide the Ring forever; or to unmake it."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-11-03).

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

Format legality

Legality of Erestor of the Council by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Erestor of the Council

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

PrintingRarityYear
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #457Rare2023
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #136Rare2023

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Erestor of the Council, newest first.

  • When Erestor of the Council's ability resolves, you'll draw a card at the end no matter how other players voted.
  • If an opponent has multiple votes, it's possible for them to count as both an opponent who voted for a choice you voted for and an opponent who voted for a choice you didn't vote for.

Similar cards

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Erestor of the Council is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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