Elusive Spellfist
Creature — Human Monk
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Iconic Masters
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #18048
Elusive Spellfist becomes unblockable and grows whenever you cast a noncreature spell, turning every instant or sorcery into a free evasion trigger. The cost is two mana for a 1/3 body — a fair rate only in decks that are already casting spells, and a dead card in anything else. In The Archimandrite shells that flood the board with spells, it's a genuine threat; everywhere else, it's a roleplayer at best.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Archimandrite
The Archimandrite rewards multicolor spell-slinging, and Elusive Spellfist slots in as an evasive threat that gets bigger with every multicolored instant or sorcery you fire off — the kind of clock that opponents can't chump-block away while you're doing everything else the deck wants to do.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Elusive Spellfist earns its slot only in dedicated spellslinger builds — think prowess-style decks or The Archimandrite lists where noncreature spells are the primary engine. Pauper is where Elusive Spellfist has historically seen the most competitive attention, fitting into tempo-blue shells that chain cantrips to push through unblockable damage. In Modern and Pioneer, it's too slow and too fragile to compete with the threats those formats demand. Legacy and Vintage have far more efficient threats and spell synergies, so Elusive Spellfist doesn't make the cut there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Elusive Spellfist sits firmly in bulk territory — buy it by the playset for under a quarter and don't think twice. Bulk commons this narrow rarely move in price, so what you see is what you'll get.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.