Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Vigilance
Other creatures you control get +2/+2.
Creatures your opponents control get -2/-2.
Combos with Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Lines this card is part of — what it needs alongside it, and what the two of them do. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Godhead of Awe Infinite
- Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control
- Lock
- Nature's Revolt Infinite
- Opponents can't have lands on the battlefield
- Lock
- Mass Land Denial
- Living Plane Infinite
- Destroy all lands opponents control
- Mass Land Denial
- Kudo, King Among Bears Infinite
- Destroy all creatures opponents control
- Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control
- Lock
- Maha, Its Feathers Night Infinite
- Reduce the toughness of creatures opponents control to 0
- Creatures opponents control die upon entering
- Lock
- Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth Life and Limb Infinite
- Destroy all lands opponents control
- Destroy all lands that enter the battlefield under an opponent's control
- Lock
- Mass Land Denial
- Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth Living Lands Infinite
- Destroy all lands opponents control
- Destroy all lands that enter the battlefield under an opponent's control
- Lock
- Mass Land Denial
- The Locust God Elemental Bond Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite creature tokens with haste
Showing the 8 shortest and most explosive. This card appears in more than these — follow any of them through to Commander Spellbook to browse the rest.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
One official ruling, as Wizards published it.
- 2017-11-17
If a second Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite comes under your control, you'll put one into its owner's graveyard due to the “legend rule” at the same time that any of your opponents' creatures getting -4/-4 are put into their owner's graveyard for having 0 or less toughness.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad | 1 | 0 | — |
| Helga, Skittish Seer | 1 | 0 | — |
| Kudo, King Among Bears | 1 | 0 | — |
| Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation | 1 | 0 | — |
| Rhys the Redeemed | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Selesnya 2 decks
- Mono-White 1 deck
- Mardu 1 deck
- Bant 1 deck
Every version of Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
11 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.

Inverted
Secret Lair Drop
- Foil
- $695.55

Showcase
Multiverse Legends
- Foil
- $96.16

Showcase
Multiverse Legends
- Foil
- $855.00

Showcase
Multiverse Legends
- Normal
- $20.52
- Foil
- $26.77

Etched
Multiverse Legends
- Etched
- $40.42

Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $15.04
- Foil
- $16.12

The List
- Normal
- $20.96

Iconic Masters
- Normal
- $20.43
- Foil
- $32.21

Modern Masters 2015
- Normal
- $21.64
- Foil
- $31.44

Promo
Judge Gift Cards 2014
- Foil
- $101.68

New Phyrexia
- Normal
- $22.78
- Foil
- $78.85
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.