Hermes, Overseer of Elpis is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying and vigilance. Whenever you attack with one or more Birds, scry 2.
How it works : Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Hermes's first ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Intruder Alarm + Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm + Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature tokens
- 1Activate a creature by tapping it, adding at least
. - 2Activate Harmonized Trio by tapping it and two other creatures you control, causing it to become prepared.
- 3Cast a copy of Brainstorm by paying .
- 4Hermes triggers, creating a creature token.
- 5When the creature token enters, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
- 6Resolve Brainstorm, causing you to draw three cards and put two cards from your hand onto the top of your library.
- 7Repeat.
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#2
Blood Funnel + Memory Crystal + Haze of Rage + Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Haze of Rage with buyback by paying
. Birgi, Haze of Rage's storm ability, Blood Funnel and Hermes trigger. - 2Resolve the Birgi trigger, adding
- 3Resolve the Hermes trigger, creating a creature token.
- 4Resolve the Blood Funnel trigger, causing you to sacrifice the creature token.
- 5Resolve the Haze of Rage trigger, copying it for each spell cast before it this turn.
- 6Resolve all Haze of Rage spells.
- 7Repeat.
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#3
Blood Funnel + Memory Crystal + Searing Touch + Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Searing Touch with buyback by paying . Birgi, Blood Funnel and Hermes trigger.
- 2Resolve the Birgi trigger, adding .
- 3Resolve the Hermes trigger, creating a creature token.
- 4Resolve the Blood Funnel trigger, causing you to sacrifice the creature token.
- 5Resolve the Searing Touch spell.
- 6Repeat.
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#4
Blood Funnel + Memory Crystal + Seething Anger + Storm-Kiln Artist
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETB
- 1Cast Seething Anger with buyback by paying . Storm-Kiln Artist, Blood Funnel and Hermes trigger.
- 2Resolve the Storm-Kiln Artist trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 3Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 4Resolve the Hermes trigger, creating a creature token.
- 5Resolve the Blood Funnel trigger, causing you to sacrifice the creature token.
- 6Resolve the Seething Anger spell.
- 7Repeat.
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#5
Blood Funnel + Memory Crystal + Searing Touch + Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Searing Touch with buyback by paying . Electro, Blood Funnel and Hermes trigger.
- 2Resolve the Electro trigger, adding .
- 3Resolve the Hermes trigger, creating a creature token.
- 4Resolve the Blood Funnel trigger, causing you to sacrifice the creature token.
- 5Resolve the Searing Touch spell.
- 6Repeat.
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#6
The Tenth Doctor + Mana Echoes + Cyclical Evolution + Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
Infinite creature ETBInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature tokensInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1Activate The Tenth Doctor by paying
, removing all time counters from Cyclical Evolution. - 2Cyclical Evolution triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
- 3Hermes triggers, creating a creature token.
- 4When the creature token enters, Mana Echoes triggers, adding
for each creature you control that shares a creature type with the token. - 5Resolve Cyclical Evolution.
- 6Repeat.
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#7
The Tenth Doctor + Mana Echoes + Reality Strobe + Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
Infinite creature ETBInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature tokensInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1Activate The Tenth Doctor by paying , removing all time counters from Reality Strobe.
- 2Reality Strobe triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
- 3Hermes triggers, creating a creature token.
- 4When the creature token enters, Mana Echoes triggers, adding for each creature you control that shares a creature type with the token.
- 5Resolve Reality Strobe.
- 6Repeat.
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#8
The Tenth Doctor + Mana Echoes + Inspiring Refrain + Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite colorless mana
- 1Activate The Tenth Doctor by paying , removing all time counters from Inspiring Refrain.
- 2Inspiring Refrain triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
- 3Hermes triggers, creating a creature token.
- 4When the creature token enters, Mana Echoes triggers, adding for each creature you control that shares a creature type with the token.
- 5Resolve Inspiring Refrain.
- 6Repeat.
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Legal formats
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