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Elspeth, Sun's Nemesis

{2}{W}{W}

Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth

THBTheros Beyond Death#14mythic
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 3630
Illustrator
Livia Prima
Found in
Theros Beyond Death MTGO Redemption · Theros Beyond Death MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
Printings6EDHREC rank#14,558
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
−1: Up to two target creatures you control each get +2/+1 until end of turn. −2: Create two 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens. −3: You gain 5 life. Escape—{4}{W}{W}, Exile four other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
Loyalty 5
Plays as:
Lifegain SourceCreature Token Maker
Market · per finishspark updated 30m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil-2.5%
$0.78
$0.39 low$0.29 gapTCGplayer
Foil-1.9%
$1.01
$0.78 low$0.58 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.75· across 6 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

8 · latest Jan 24, 2020
  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    After an escaped spell resolves, it returns to its owner's graveyard if it's not a permanent spell. If it is a permanent spell, it enters the battlefield and will return to its owner's graveyard if it dies later. Perhaps it will escape again—good underworld security is so hard to come by these days.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    Escape's permission doesn't change when you may cast the spell from your graveyard.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    If a card has multiple abilities giving you permission to cast it, such as two escape abilities or an escape ability and a flashback ability, you choose which one to apply. The others have no effect.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    If a card with escape is put into your graveyard during your turn, you'll be able to cast it right away if it's legal to do so, before an opponent can take any actions.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    If you activate a loyalty ability of Elspeth, she's put into your graveyard, and she escapes all in the same turn, she'll be a new permanent. You can activate one of her loyalty abilities even though she's represented by the same card.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    If you cast a spell with its escape permission, you can't choose to apply any other alternative costs or to cast it without paying its mana cost. If it has any additional costs, you must pay those.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    Once you begin casting a spell with escape, it immediately moves to the stack. Players can't take any other actions until you're done casting the spell.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an escape cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was and no matter whether an alternative cost was paid.