Elite Arcanist

Creature — Human Wizard

When Elite Arcanist enters the battlefield, you may exile an instant card from your hand.

{{X, Tap}}: Copy the exiled card. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. X is the converted mana cost of the exiled card.

Combos

• Dramatic Reversal + Elite Arcanist
• Delay + Elite Arcanist

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

Nixcron on the very world of mill-ton jones

4 months ago

Traumatize + Elite Arcanist Mill big, mill half their library. Try Hidden Strings on a Wake Thrasher to take advantage of all the tap/untap's going on. Ensure a hit by enchanting with Aqueous Form. Also Trinket Mage would be a good fit.

Rhadamanthus on Interaction between Panharmonicon and Isochron …

8 months ago

In the case of Isochron Scepter and Elite Arcanist, you cast copies of both cards, and {X} for the Arcanist will be equal to the sum of the mana values of the cards. If you have a pair of linked abilities where the first ability exiles one card and the other ability does something with "the exiled card", then if the first ability has exiled multiple cards for some reason, the second ability will act on all of the exiled cards. A quote of the full text of the relevant rule is given below.

There's no interaction with Gauntlet of Power's first ability or Glasspool Mimic  ^Flip's ability because those aren't triggered abilities. They're replacement effects that modify how the card enters the battlefield. Triggered abilities always start with one of the words "when", "whenever" or "at". Replacement effects can usually be identified by their use of "as", "with" or "instead".

607.3. If, within a pair of linked abilities, one ability refers to a single object as “the exiled card,” “a card exiled with [this card],” or a similar phrase, and the other ability has exiled multiple cards (usually because it was copied), the ability refers to each of the exiled cards. If that ability asks for any information about the exiled card, such as a characteristic or mana value, it gets multiple answers. If these answers are used to determine the value of a variable, the sum of the answers is used. If that ability performs any actions on “the” card, it performs that action on each exiled card. If that ability creates a token that is a copy of “the” card, then for each exiled card, it creates a token that is a copy of that card. If that ability performs any actions on “a” card, the controller of the ability chooses which card is affected.

CamraMaan on Interaction between Panharmonicon and Isochron …

8 months ago

Panharmonicon makes ETB triggers go off twice, but what happens with cards like Isochron Scepter imprinting instant spells? Will it trigger twice and let me exile two instants? What would happen when I activate the Scepter? Would I have a choice of spells to cast, or get to cast both?

Similarly, what about Elite Arcanist entering the battlefield? Both Elite Arcanist and Isochron Scepter state "exiled card", so I assume that even if I could exile two cards, I could only cast one at a time...?

When Gauntlet of Power enters, would I get to choose two colors? Then get Gauntlet's benefits for both colors...?

Thanks in advance!

meowCat1234 on [EDH-2] Noyan Dar's One-Punch Griffin

1 year ago

Thanks! I'll try to give out my thoughts in those cards:

1. Vesuva - ETB copying a land may be a liability when it's made to copy Griffin Canyon. You'd want to put off on getting canyon out until you are confident you can pull off the combo and eliminate at least 1 player.
2. Wings of Velis Vel/Shields of Velis Vel - these used to be in the deck. However, I've since moved to things that give changeling that are not necessarily single time use spells
3. Elite Arcanist - you really want some specific cards to be in your hand when you cast this one. The problem I see is that Isochron Scepter is a lot better as it is not a creature but alas I had to remove it. It either becomes a removal magnet or you don't have a decent card to imprint it with
4. To Arms! - we really don't animate a lot of lands to make this worth a slot
5. Long-Term Plans/Dizzy Spell - these tutors used to also be in the deck. I just removed them in favor of having more card draw/filtering effects
6. Cerulean Wisps - 1-mana cantrips may be good but I'd want them to do something else other than just replace themselves

Hope that helps!

MistaMint on A MILL(-ion) here a MILL(-ion) there

1 year ago

Milling in commander is tricky, doing it fast even more so. With this commander, your mill is mostly coming from your rogues, and you can get life damage wins faster that way.

If you use cards like Demilich, Snapcaster Mage, and Elite Arcanist you can can more bang for your buck out of the mill spells.

I would say that is too many counter spells as well. A counter will never win you the game, only stop someone from winning. And it doesn't add to the mill so you are splitting your attention.

With this commander I wouldn't focus on trying to mill, I would try to use what you do mill to your advantage. Cards that will take from your opponents graveyard.

Take a look at my commander mill deck Filthy wHorrors to see the focus on milling you need to do an entire commander deck. Fastest I did with this deck was turn 7.

+1 though, I like the theme behind your deck, I just think it's the wrong commander to mill someone out.

king-saproling on [EDH-2] Noyan Dar's One-Punch Griffin

1 year ago

This is such a cool deck. Thoughts on these? Vesuva, Wings of Velis Vel, Shields of Velis Vel, Elite Arcanist, To Arms!, Long-Term Plans, Dizzy Spell, Cerulean Wisps

Grind on Grand Fortress of Protection

1 year ago

Cool deck!!
Maze of Ith is good and on-theme.
Have you considered Elite Arcanist? It is a cool creature to use to repeatedly cast Teferi's protection. Or you could exile Narset's Reversal under Isochron scepter and cast teferis protection every turn.
I prefer Rout to wrath bc it can be an instant, very good.
Also i would consider Path to Exile, Resculpt, or Reality Shift over rapid hybridization, exile is key.
Anyway just some thoughts, cheers and have fun!!!

PirateCptAstera on Inalla Deck

2 years ago

Obeka, Brute Chronologist + Final Fortune + Elite Arcanist/Isochron Scepter = Infinite turns lol