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Celeborn the Wise

Celeborn the Wise

Legendary Creature — Elf Noble

Celeborn the Wise wants a deck that is built around one creature type, like Elves or Dragons. It also works in a deck built around Elves or Nobles.

  • Mana cost3 genericgreen
  • Green ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 3
  • RarityUncommon

Whenever you attack with one or more Elves, scry 1.

Whenever you scry, Celeborn gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each card looked at while scrying this way.

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Cards That Fit Celeborn the Wise

Picked for what they do in Celeborn the Wise's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Celeborn the Wise's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Celeborn the Wise

explain how Celeborn the Wise works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 16 Jun 2023

Celeborn the Wise's first ability has you scry 1 just once whenever you attack with one or more Elves, no matter how many Elves you attack with and no matter how many players you attack.

Wizards of the Coast 16 Jun 2023

Celeborn the Wise's last ability cares about the number of cards you actually looked at. For example, if you were supposed to scry 3 but only had two cards in your library, Celeborn would get +2/+2.

2 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

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Commanders that share the most with Celeborn the Wise, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryGPlayers write colors as letters: G for green.Typal/KindredTypal decks are built around one creature type, like Elves, Dragons or Zombies, with cards that make that type stronger. The type is printed after the dash on the card's type line, and the strategy is also called kindred or tribal.Open the Typal/Kindred pageTypal PayoffRewards you for playing lots of one kind of creature. That includes "lords" that make every other Goblin or Merfolk you control bigger, and cards that ask you to choose a creature type and then pay you off for it. A creature type is the word on the middle line of the card, like Goblin, Elf or Zombie.Open the Typal Payoff pageCard SelectionImproves what you draw rather than how much: you look at the top few cards of your library and decide what stays on top. Ponder lets you rearrange the top three, Serum Visions lets you scry, and Consider lets you surveil. It makes your draws more reliable without giving you extra cards.Open the Card Selection pageElvesElves are mostly green creatures, and many make extra mana, so Elf decks can play lots of creatures very quickly.Open the Elves page