Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian: Legendary Creature - Elder Wizard, Final Fantasy Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{B}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Elder Wizard
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 4/5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Final Fantasy Commander (FIC)
- Released
- 2025-06-13
- Collector number
- 46
- Artist
- Paulius Daščioras
- Commander rank
- 3,381 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Surveil
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black legendary creature from Final Fantasy Commander (FIC), a Commander product released in June 2025. It is collector number 46 in that set, with art by Paulius Daščioras. It costs {4}{B} (four generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/5 creature. Its colour identity is black. 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 $0.39 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, surveil 1.
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent may sacrifice a nontoken creature of their choice. Each opponent who doesn't loses 2 life for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.39 (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 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian 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 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #146 | Rare | 2025 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian, newest first.
- While resolving Fandaniel's second ability, the next opponent in turn order chooses up to one nontoken creature to be sacrificed, then each other opponent in turn order does the same. Then each of the chosen creatures are sacrificed simultaneously. Finally, each opponent who didn't sacrifice a creature this way loses 2 life for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
- Fandaniel's first ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.