
Elena, Turk Recruit
Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
When Elena enters, return target non-Assassin historic card from your graveyard to your hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Whenever you cast a historic spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Elena.
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Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos 38
All 38 combos.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
- Jhoira's Familiar
- Gandalf the White
- Ancient Den
- Darksteel Citadel
- Roads Go Ever, Ever On
- Dispatch
- Monumental Henge
- Urza's Saga
- Layla Hassan
- Elspeth Conquers Death
- Wayfarer's Bauble
- Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- Loran of the Third Path
- Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
- Puresteel Paladin
- Excalibur, Sword of Eden
- The Legend of Yangchen
- Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
- Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
- Machinist's Arsenal
- Hero's Heirloom
- Foundry Inspector
- Darksteel Plate
- Myr Retriever
- Relic of Legends
- Zack Fair
- Commander's Plate
- The Ozolith
- Ephemerate
- Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn
- Flowering of the White Tree
- Unfinished Business
- Bofur, Reliable Guardian
- Gatta and Luzzu
- Solemn Simulacrum
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Spy Kit
- White Auracite
- Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
- Rosa, Resolute White Mage
- Blackblade Reforged
- Oswald Fiddlebender
- Mishra's Bauble
- Inventors' Fair
- Rogue's Passage
- Flagstones of Trokair
- Colossus Hammer
- Sarah Jane Smith
- Summon: Primal Garuda
- Genji Glove
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Plains
- Sol Ring
- Swords to Plowshares
- Arcane Signet
- Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
- Pearl Medallion
- Path to Exile
- Jhoira's Familiar
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Loran of the Third Path
- Monumental Henge
- Rogue's Passage
- Gandalf the White
- Ancient Den
- Urza's Saga
- Dispatch
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Wayfarer's Bauble
- Esper Sentinel
- Darksteel Citadel
- Puresteel Paladin
- Mind Stone
- Minas Tirith
- Stroke of Midnight
- Generous Gift
- Roads Go Ever, Ever On
- Ephemerate
- Commander's Plate
- Archaeomancer's Map
- Austere Command
- Flowering of the White Tree
- War Room
- Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- Marble Diamond
- Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
- Mangara, the Diplomat
- Elspeth Conquers Death
- Sram, Senior Edificer
- Layla Hassan
- Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- Excalibur, Sword of Eden
- Land Tax
- Myriad Landscape
- Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
- Foundry Inspector
- Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
- Sword of the Animist
- The Legend of Yangchen
- The Ozolith
- Darksteel Plate
Format legality
Rulings
- 2025-06-06
A historic spell is a spell that is legendary, is an artifact, or is a Saga.
- 2025-06-06
An ability that triggers "whenever you cast a historic spell" doesn't trigger if a historic card is put onto the battlefield without being cast.
- 2025-06-06
Lands are never cast, so abilities that trigger "whenever you cast a historic spell" won't trigger if you play a legendary land. They also won't trigger if a card on the battlefield transforms into a legendary permanent.
- 2025-06-06
Some abilities trigger "whenever you cast a historic spell." Such an ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.