Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
Hermes, Overseer of Elpis: Legendary Creature - Elder Wizard, Final Fantasy Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Elder Wizard
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 2/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Final Fantasy Commander (FIC)
- Released
- 2025-06-13
- Collector number
- 36
- Artist
- Darius Zablockis
- Commander rank
- 3,661 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Scry
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
Hermes, Overseer of Elpis is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue legendary creature from Final Fantasy Commander (FIC), a Commander product released in June 2025. It is collector number 36 in that set, with art by Darius Zablockis. It costs {3}{U} (three generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 2/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue. 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 $0.47 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying and vigilance.
Whenever you attack with one or more Birds, scry 2.
"For us, there may be no higher purpose than to live for our world, but what of the other living beings out there?"
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.47 (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 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis 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 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #141 | Rare | 2025 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Hermes, Overseer of Elpis.
- Hermes'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 blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Hermes, Overseer of Elpis is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.