---
name: "Elkin Lair"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "World Enchantment"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "VIS"
set_name: "Visions"
collector_number: "78"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jerry Tiritilli"
oracle_id: "b3488947-7142-4e6c-9c92-2728469b3ad9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/elkin-lair-vis"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Elkin Lair
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** World Enchantment

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player exiles a card at random from their hand. The player may play that card this turn. At the beginning of the next end step, if the player hasn't played the card, they put it into their graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Elkin Bottle](/printing/elkin-bottle-ice.md) — Artifact
2. [Count on Luck](/printing/count-on-luck-pdft.md) — Enchantment
3. [Wild Evocation](/printing/wild-evocation-m11.md) — Enchantment
4. [Free-for-All](/printing/free-for-all-ugl.md) — Enchantment
5. [Triple Triad](/printing/triple-triad-fin.md) — Enchantment
6. [Telim'Tor's Edict](/printing/telimtors-edict-mir.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Visions (VIS) #78
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jerry Tiritilli
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`