---
name: "Elminster"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Planeswalker — Elminster"
colors: ["U", "W"]
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: ["Scry"]
set: "CLB"
set_name: "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "362"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Tyler Jacobson"
oracle_id: "56773795-bd8b-4ac4-8f2c-a9d6275989bb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/elminster-clb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Elminster
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Planeswalker — Elminster
- **Starting Loyalty:** 5
- **Keywords:** Scry

## Oracle Text
Whenever you scry, the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn costs {X} 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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Elvish Mariner](/printing/elvish-mariner-ltr.md) — Creature — Elf Pilot
2. [Elrond, Master of Healing](/printing/elrond-master-of-healing-ltr.md) — Legendary Creature — Elf Noble
3. [Arwen Undómiel](/printing/arwen-undómiel-ltr.md) — Legendary Creature — Elf Noble
4. [Nimrodel Watcher](/printing/nimrodel-watcher-ltr.md) — Creature — Elf Scout
5. [Kasmina, Enigma Sage](/printing/kasmina-enigma-sage-stx.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Kasmina
6. [Chance-Met Elves](/printing/chance-met-elves-ltr.md) — Creature — Elf Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #362
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Tyler Jacobson
- **Total Printings:** 23 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`