Card
Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
Mana cost {3}{U}
Legendary Creature — Elder Wizard 2/4
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.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 18 known combos. 1 official ruling.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · FIC · #36
- Cheapest printing
- €0.47
- EDHREC salt
- 0.27
- Color identity
- Blue
- Keywords
- Scry
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
18 known combos.
- Intruder Alarm + Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm + Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
Produces: Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite creature ETB
View on Commander Spellbook - Blood Funnel + Memory Crystal + Haze of Rage + Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty + Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
Produces: Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - The Tenth Doctor + Mana Echoes + Inspiring Refrain + Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
Produces: Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite creature ETB
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2025-06-06 · Wizards of the Coast
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.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast