
Word of Command
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Printing details
- Released
- August 5, 1993
- Language
- en
- Collector no.
- #136
- Rarity
- rare
Card text
Oracle text — the current official rules text for this card.
Look at target opponent's hand and choose a card from it. You control that player until Word of Command finishes resolving. The player plays that card if able. While doing so, the player can activate mana abilities only if they're from lands that player controls and only if mana they produce is spent to activate other mana abilities of lands the player controls and/or to play that card. If the chosen card is cast as a spell, you control the player while that spell is resolving.
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Beginner guide
Card text above uses Oracle text, the current official rules text for this card.
This costs two black mana.
- Mana
- Mana is the resource you spend to cast spells and activate abilities.
- Control
- A card you control is on your side of the game.
Other printings
30th Anniversary Edition30a #430No price
30th Anniversary Edition30a #133No price
Masters Edition IVme4 #103No price
Intl. Collectors' Editioncei #137$49.99NonfoilCheapest printing of this card
Collectors' Editionced #137$63.36Nonfoil
Unlimited Edition2ed #137$386.00Nonfoil
Limited Edition Betaleb #137No price