At minimum you'll be paying 3 mana to save your commander, draw and discard a card which feels like a fair deal for its mana cost and I can see many Dimir graveyard, discard, reanimator or Izzet/Grixis wheel deck slot this card for its instant speed potential
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Youll always choose the more relevant ability for the moment
If you dont control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.) Even gods shall kneel. Nicol Bolas Illustrated by Noah Bradley Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Legal Historic Legal Modern Legal Brawl Legal Legacy Legal Comp
Based around scrying and casting high value instants and sorceries, Elminster's static ability reduces the mana cost of the next instant or sorcery you would cast by the number of cards you looked at the last time you scried
Facilier, Agent Provocateur truly essential for any amethyst deck