---
name: "Tellah, Great Sage"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["R", "U"]
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "FIN"
set_name: "Final Fantasy"
collector_number: "244"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Yumi Yaoshida"
oracle_id: "1a080b26-c766-4f7c-9198-4974d2133f75"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tellah-great-sage-fin"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Tellah, Great Sage
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token. If four or more mana was spent to cast that spell, draw two cards. If eight or more mana was spent to cast that spell, sacrifice Tellah and it deals that much damage to each opponent.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shantotto, Tactician Magician](/printing/shantotto-tactician-magician-fin.md) — Legendary Creature — Dwarf Wizard
2. [Tanufel Rimespeaker](/printing/tanufel-rimespeaker-ecl.md) — Creature — Elemental Wizard
3. [Primordial Sage](/printing/primordial-sage-cma.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Archmage Emeritus](/printing/archmage-emeritus-spg.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Chulane, Teller of Tales](/printing/chulane-teller-of-tales-eld.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Druid
6. [Archmage of Runes](/printing/archmage-of-runes-pfdn.md) — Creature — Giant Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Final Fantasy (FIN) #244
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Yumi Yaoshida
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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