Elspeth Tirel

Planeswalker — Elspeth (Loyalty: 4), 3WW (5)

+2: You gain 1 life for each creature you control.

-2: Put three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield.

-5: Destroy all other permanents except for lands and tokens.

Illus. Michael Komarck

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 1/1/2011: As Elspeth Tirel's last ability resolves, each permanent that isn't a token, a land, or Elspeth Tirel herself is destroyed.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Elspeth, Knight-Errant

Planeswalker — Elspeth (Loyalty: 4), 2WW (4)

+1: Put a 1/1 white Soldier creature token onto the battlefield.

+1: Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains flying until end of turn.

-8: You get an emblem with "Artifacts, creatures, enchantments, and lands you control are indestructible."

Illus. Igor Kieryluk

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 10/1/2008: Lethal damage and effects that say "destroy" won't cause an indestructible permanent to be put into the graveyard. However, an indestructible permanent can be put into the graveyard for a number of reasons. The most likely reasons are if it's sacrificed, if it's legendary and another legendary permanent with the same name is on the battlefield, if it's a creature whose toughness is 0 or less, or if it's an Aura that's either unattached or attached to something illegal.
• 1/1/2011: Emblems behave similarly to enchantments: They have an ability that, in a general sense, continually affects the game. The primary difference between them is that emblems aren't permanents and don't exist on the battlefield. Nothing in the game can remove an emblem, simply because no other spell or ability references them. Once you get an emblem, you keep it for the rest of the game. Emblems have no color, name, card type, or other characteristics beyond the listed ability

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern