---
name: "Hermes, Overseer of Elpis"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Elder Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Scry"]
set: "FIC"
set_name: "Final Fantasy Commander"
collector_number: "141"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Darius Zablockis"
oracle_id: "63e2cba7-ec1a-44bf-b915-d2ae75851430"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hermes-overseer-of-elpis-fic"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Elder Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/4
- **Keywords:** Scry

## Oracle Text
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.

> *„Wir leben für unseren Planeten, aber ist da draußen vielleicht nicht noch mehr?"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Artificer's Assistant](/printing/artificers-assistant-plst.md) — Creature — Bird
2. [Prescient Chimera](/printing/prescient-chimera-jmp.md) — Creature — Chimera
3. [Murmuring Mystic](/printing/murmuring-mystic-rvr.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Thaumaturge's Familiar](/printing/thaumaturges-familiar-j22.md) — Artifact Creature — Bird
5. [Augury Owl](/printing/augury-owl-plst.md) — Creature — Bird
6. [Sky Theater Strix](/printing/sky-theater-strix-war.md) — Creature — Bird

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #141
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Darius Zablockis
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`