Mysidian Elder
Creature — Human Wizard
When this creature enters, create a 0/1 black Wizard creature token with "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this token deals 1 damage to each opponent."
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #4760
Mysidian Elder enters the battlefield and immediately sculpts your hand — scry 2 on a Wizard body is real, repeatable setup for decks that want to stack the top of their library. The three-mana cost is fair for what you get, and in Kuja, Genome Sorcerer lists where Wizard tribal and graveyard recursion compound every ETB trigger, the Elder earns its slot on the first cast alone.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer runs Mysidian Elder in roughly 78% of decks because the Elder's ETB scry feeds Kuja's copy-and-recur engine — stacking the top of your library before a recursion loop means you hit the pieces you need rather than whiffing.
Black Waltz No. 3
Black Waltz No. 3 wants Wizards that do something when they hit the battlefield, and Mysidian Elder's scry 2 provides the library manipulation a spellslinger deck needs to sequence its turns correctly.
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist tokens the Elder on entry, turning one scry 2 into two — that kind of immediate card-quality doubling is exactly why Inalla lists slot Mysidian Elder at a 37% inclusion rate.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mysidian Elder is legal everywhere but competes in Commander almost exclusively — it's a three-mana do-nothing-on-board in formats like Modern or Pioneer where that ETB won't recur and the body is irrelevant. In Legacy and Vintage the card doesn't come close to the efficiency bar. Commander is the only home where Mysidian Elder justifies a slot: Wizard tribal synergies, ETB doubling from Inalla, Archmage Ritualist, and recursive loops under Kuja, Genome Sorcerer all transform a modest scry into a structural engine piece.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Mysidian Elder is deep bulk — easy to acquire and cheap to slot into any Wizard build without budget consideration. Bulk Wizard ETB pieces rarely spike unless a new commander breaks the tribe wide open, so expect it to stay in this range.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kuja, Genome Sorcerer
- Black Waltz No. 3
- Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.