Elena, Turk Recruit
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 4
- Set
- Final Fantasy Commander #18 (rare)
- Price
- $0.22 USD
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.
Elena, Turk Recruit has 2 printings, first in Final Fantasy Commander (2025). EDHREC ranks it #5,911 among Commander cards. It appears most in Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER decks (8,598 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Elena, Turk Recruit
- Limit Break - Final Fantasy Commander, led by Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
Commanders that run Elena, Turk Recruit most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER: 8,598 decks
- Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness: 1,707 decks
- Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn // Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal: 1,077 decks
- Serah Farron // Crystallized Serah: 871 decks
- Cloud, Midgar Mercenary: 811 decks
- Aerith Gainsborough: 755 decks
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad: 447 decks
- Garnet, Princess of Alexandria: 325 decks
Often played with Elena, Turk Recruit
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : A historic spell is a spell that is legendary, is an artifact, or is a Saga.
- : 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.
- : 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.