Elena, Turk Recruit
When Elena enters, return target non-Assassin historic card from your graveyard to your hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.) Whenever you cast a historic spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Elena.
How Elena decks play in EDH
Elena, Turk Recruit is a mono-white commander costing 2W, and its legendary creature - human assassin line shapes the whole deck around it. It cares about +1/+1 counters, so counter-doubling effects and creatures that grow on their own carry the deck. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. The cards below are the ones Elena, Turk Recruit decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $17.29Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (1)
Removal (4)
Creatures (7)
Synergy & payoffs (8)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Elena, Turk Recruit decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Elena, Turk Recruit deck?
Elena, Turk Recruit has a mono-white colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Elena, Turk Recruit?
The cards played most often in Elena, Turk Recruit decks include Roads Go Ever, Ever On, Rescue Girl, First Responder, Teyo, Lightshield Expert. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Elena, Turk Recruit deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $17.29 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Elena, Turk Recruit deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.