Kethis, the Hidden Hand
Legendary Creature — Elf Advisor
Legendary spells you cast cost 
less to cast.
Exile two legendary cards from your graveyard: Until end of turn, each legendary card in your graveyard gains "You may play this card from your graveyard."
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Core Set 2020 Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #7147
Kethis, the Hidden Hand lets you cast legendary spells at a discount and recycle them from the graveyard — that combination of cost reduction and recursion on a single three-mana body is genuinely powerful. Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful decks run it in over half their lists, which tells you everything about how efficiently it fills the legendary-matters role.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | banned |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kethis, the Hidden Hand is banned in Pioneer, where it anchored a self-mill combo loop that could win on turn three or four with enough graveyard setup — a restriction the format couldn't absorb. Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker all leave it legal, though it sees little competitive play in those formats outside of fringe brews. Commander is where it lives comfortably: the singleton rule eliminates the redundant copies that made the Pioneer loop so consistent, and a three-mana legendary-matters engine is simply a strong deckbuilding payoff when your 99 are already dense with legendary permanents.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful builds around a legendary-dense shell where every cast matters, and Kethis, the Hidden Hand's cost reduction and graveyard recursion turn that density into real tempo — over half the decks register it, the highest inclusion rate of any commander pairing.
Jodah, the Unifier
Jodah, the Unifier wants as many legendary creatures as possible to trigger its cascade effect, and Kethis, the Hidden Hand earns its slot by making those legends cheaper to recast and recoverable after board wipes.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for Kethis, the Hidden Hand isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its Pioneer ban and niche-but-real Commander demand, it tends to sit in the budget-to-mid range — worth picking up if you're building a legendary-matters deck rather than waiting.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
- Jodah, the Unifier
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.