Elminster
~$1.33 low · ~$11.22 high
Multicolor. Legendary Planeswalker — Elminster
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate #274 · Illustrated by Viktor Titov
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate #274 · Illustrated by Viktor TitovWhat is Elminster worth?
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TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
Oracle text
Whenever you scry, the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn costs 
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.
Loyalty 5
Format legality
All 3 printings of Elminster
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate clb #274· 2022mythic· Cardmarket €1.22 · €2.33 foil | mythic | $1.33 | $2.47 | €1.22€2.33 foil | |
 Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate clb #362· 2022Borderlessmythic· Cardmarket €2.33 · €6.71 foil | mythic | $3.42 | $6.94 | €2.33€6.71 foil | |
 Battle for Baldur's Gate Promos pclb #274s· 2022Promomythic· Cardmarket €5.06 foil | mythic | No non-foil printing | $11.22 | €5.06 foil |
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Where to buy Elminster
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Card details
- First printed
- 2022
- Printings
- 3
- Mana value
- 5
- EDHREC rank
- #9,467 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Scry
- Artists
- Viktor Titov, Tyler Jacobson
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate card (#274).
274 · CLB · M · EN
- 274Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- CLBSet code for Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- MMythic rare
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Elminster, read from the Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Elminster. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 5: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Legendary is a supertype. Planeswalker is the card type. Elminster is the subtype, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Loyalty
- It enters with 5 loyalty counters. Damage to it removes them.
- Illustration
- By Viktor Titov. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. Red-orange means mythic rare.
- Collector number
- 274 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Rarity letter
- M = mythic rare
- Set code
- CLB = set code for Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Language
- EN = printed in English
- Artist
- Viktor Titov, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
- Holo stamp
- The foil security stamp at the bottom center, on rares and mythic rares since 2014.
Keywords
- ScryCR 701.22
- Look at that many cards from the top of your library; put any on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
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