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Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
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Hermes, Overseer of Elpis

{3}{U}

Legendary Creature — Elder Wizard

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?"

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Scry
Set
Final Fantasy Commander (FIC #36)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
4
Released
2025-06-13
Artist
Darius Zablockis
EDHREC rank
#3,520
Colour identity
{U}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.27
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos 18

Intruder Alarm+Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm+Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
{U}
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature tokensNear-infinite magecraft triggersNear-infinite storm countNear-infinite untap of all creatures
17 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Blood Funnel+Memory Crystal+Haze of Rage+Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty+Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm countInfinitely powerful creatures you control until end of turn
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
The Tenth Doctor+Mana Echoes+Reality Strobe+Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
{U}{R}
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite magecraft triggersMass Land DenialReturn any number of permanents to their owner's hand
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Blood Funnel+Memory Crystal+Seething Anger+Storm-Kiln Artist+Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm countInfinitely powerful creatures you control until end of turn
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Blood Funnel+Memory Crystal+Searing Touch+Hermes, Overseer of Elpis+Electro, Assaulting Battery
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
The Tenth Doctor+Mana Echoes+Cyclical Evolution+Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
{G}{U}{R}
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite magecraft triggersInfinitely large creatures you control until end of turn
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Blood Funnel+Memory Crystal+Searing Touch+Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty+Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Blood Funnel+Memory Crystal+Seething Anger+Hermes, Overseer of Elpis+Electro, Assaulting Battery
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm countInfinitely powerful creatures you control until end of turn
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
The Tenth Doctor+Mana Echoes+Arc Blade+Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
{U}{R}
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite damageInfinite magecraft triggers
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
The Tenth Doctor+Mana Echoes+Festering March+Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite magecraft triggersReduce the toughness of creatures opponents control to 0
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Blood Funnel+Memory Crystal+Searing Touch+Storm-Kiln Artist+Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Blood Funnel+Memory Crystal+Urabrask // The Great Work+Haze of Rage+Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm countInfinitely powerful creatures you control until end of turn
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Blood Funnel+Memory Crystal+Seething Anger+Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty+Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm countInfinitely powerful creatures you control until end of turn
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Blood Funnel+Memory Crystal+Searing Touch+Urabrask // The Great Work+Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
The Tenth Doctor+Mana Echoes+Charnel Serenade+Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite surveilPut all creature cards from your library and graveyard onto the battlefield with finality counters on them
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
The Tenth Doctor+Mana Echoes+Venture Forth+Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
{G}{U}{R}
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite magecraft triggersNear-infinite landfall triggersPut all lands from your library onto the battlefield
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
The Tenth Doctor+Mana Echoes+Inspiring Refrain+Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
{U}{R}
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite colorless manaNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature tokensNear-infinite magecraft triggers
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Blood Funnel+Memory Crystal+Urabrask // The Great Work+Seething Anger+Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
{U}{B}{R}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm countInfinitely powerful creatures you control until end of turn
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

All 18 combos.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Favorable Winds 67 %+62.8 %
  2. Curiosity Crafter 66 %+61.0 %
  3. Murmuring Mystic 63 %+53.4 %
  4. Opt 77 %+52.0 %
  5. Valley Floodcaller 56 %+51.9 %
  6. Matoya, Archon Elder 51 %+50.1 %
  7. Airborne Aid 50 %+49.3 %
  8. Preordain 73 %+49.2 %
  9. Consider 62 %+47.1 %
  10. Bident of Thassa 59 %+46.5 %
  11. Reconnaissance Mission 52 %+45.5 %
  12. Dazzling Denial 43 %+42.4 %
  13. Patchwork Banner 46 %+42.3 %
  14. Serum Visions 50 %+41.3 %
  15. Abjure 46 %+41.1 %
  16. Banner of Kinship 43 %+40.1 %
  17. Ponder 67 %+37.9 %
  18. Skullclamp 42 %+35.9 %
  19. Archmage Emeritus 54 %+33.8 %
  20. Heraldic Banner 39 %+33.3 %
  21. Perplexing Test 36 %+32.9 %
  22. Gravitational Shift 34 %+32.4 %
  23. Snap 52 %+32.2 %
  24. Brainstorm 72 %+31.1 %
  25. Frantic Search 61 %+29.5 %
  26. Coastal Piracy 35 %+29.3 %
  27. Enduring Curiosity 36 %+29.0 %
  28. Winged Words 32 %+28.8 %
  29. Kindred Discovery 36 %+28.8 %
  30. Rapid Hybridization 63 %+28.4 %
  31. Three Tree City 33 %+28.4 %
  32. Aetherize 60 %+28.3 %
  33. Distant Melody 33 %+27.7 %
  34. Wizard's Staff 32 %+27.1 %
  35. Invasion of Segovia 28 %+25.8 %
  36. Impulse 30 %+25.8 %
  37. Harmonized Crescendo 30 %+25.4 %
  38. Peek 28 %+25.1 %
  39. Riptide Laboratory 33 %+24.1 %
  40. Reality Shift 49 %+23.3 %
  41. Narset's Reversal 36 %+23.1 %
  42. Bender's Waterskin 35 %+22.8 %
  43. Pongify 63 %+22.7 %
  44. Resculpt 38 %+21.4 %
  45. Esior, Wardwing Familiar 24 %+21.4 %
  46. Gitaxian Probe 31 %+20.4 %
  47. Keeper of the Nine Gales 20 %+20.1 %
  48. Talrand, Sky Summoner 33 %+19.9 %
  49. Thought Vessel 70 %+19.1 %
  50. Stock Up 24 %+19.0 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Island 95 %+1.3 %
  2. Sol Ring 89 %+3.9 %
  3. Counterspell 78 %+11.8 %
  4. Arcane Signet 78 %+12.8 %
  5. Opt 77 %+52.0 %
  6. Sapphire Medallion 73 %+13.5 %
  7. Preordain 73 %+49.2 %
  8. Brainstorm 72 %+31.1 %
  9. Thought Vessel 70 %+19.1 %
  10. Reliquary Tower 69 %+12.5 %
  11. Ponder 67 %+37.9 %
  12. Favorable Winds 67 %+62.8 %
  13. Curiosity Crafter 66 %+61.0 %
  14. Mystic Sanctuary 65 %+15.3 %
  15. Pongify 63 %+22.7 %
  16. Rapid Hybridization 63 %+28.4 %
  17. Murmuring Mystic 63 %+53.4 %
  18. Consider 62 %+47.1 %
  19. Frantic Search 61 %+29.5 %
  20. High Tide 60 %+16.2 %
  21. Aetherize 60 %+28.3 %
  22. Bident of Thassa 59 %+46.5 %
  23. An Offer You Can't Refuse 58 %+18.5 %
  24. Valley Floodcaller 56 %+51.9 %
  25. Arcane Denial 54 %+17.5 %
  26. Archmage Emeritus 54 %+33.8 %
  27. Reconnaissance Mission 52 %+45.5 %
  28. Snap 52 %+32.2 %
  29. Matoya, Archon Elder 51 %+50.1 %
  30. Serum Visions 50 %+41.3 %
  31. Airborne Aid 50 %+49.3 %
  32. Reality Shift 49 %+23.3 %
  33. Mind Stone 48 %+13.5 %
  34. Propaganda 47 %+15.3 %
  35. Swan Song 46 %+18.8 %
  36. Patchwork Banner 46 %+42.3 %
  37. Abjure 46 %+41.1 %
  38. Dazzling Denial 43 %+42.4 %
  39. Banner of Kinship 43 %+40.1 %
  40. Negate 43 %+5.5 %
  41. Skullclamp 42 %+35.9 %
  42. Heraldic Banner 39 %+33.3 %
  43. Sky Diamond 39 %+16.7 %
  44. Fellwar Stone 38 %+18.5 %
  45. Resculpt 38 %+21.4 %
  46. Perplexing Test 36 %+32.9 %
  47. Enduring Curiosity 36 %+29.0 %
  48. Narset's Reversal 36 %+23.1 %
  49. Kindred Discovery 36 %+28.8 %
  50. Bender's Waterskin 35 %+22.8 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2025-06-06

    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.

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