Printings
Elena, Turk Recruit
Card Information
Type: Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Final Fantasy Commander (FIC)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 18
Oracle Text
When Elena enters, return target non-Assassin historic card from your graveyard to your hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.) Whenever you cast a historic spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Elena.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- June 6, 2025
An ability that triggers "whenever you cast a historic spell" doesn't trigger if a historic card is put onto the battlefield without being cast.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
Some abilities trigger "whenever you cast a historic spell." Such an ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
Lands are never cast, so abilities that trigger "whenever you cast a historic spell" won't trigger if you play a legendary land. They also won't trigger if a card on the battlefield transforms into a legendary permanent.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
A historic spell is a spell that is legendary, is an artifact, or is a Saga.
Source: wotc
Price History
To study a single card is to glimpse the heart of a spell - a frozen moment of ambition, artistry, and arcane intent. Within each glyph lies a spark: a story untold, a duel turned, a destiny altered. Treat it not as mere parchment, dear seeker, but as a shard of the Multiverse itself.