Hermes, Overseer of Elpis

three generic mana one blue mana Legendary Creature — Elder WizardPower and toughness2/4

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.

"For us, there may be no higher purpose than to live for our world, but what of the other living beings out there?"

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Hermes, Overseer of Elpis rulings

2025-06-06
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.

Hermes, Overseer of Elpis keyword rules

Scry Rule 701.18

To “scry N” means to look at the top N cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library in any order and the rest on top of your library in any order.

If a player is instructed to scry 0, no scry event occurs. Abilities that trigger whenever a player scries won’t trigger.

If multiple players scry at once, each of those players looks at the top cards of their library at the same time. Those players decide in APNAP order (see rule ) where to put those cards, then those cards move at the same time.

An ability that triggers whenever a player scries triggers after the process described in rule is complete, even if some or all of those actions were impossible.