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Ojutai's Command
Instant
rare
Choose two — • Return target creature card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. • You gain 4 life. • Counter target creature spell. • Draw a card.
Semantic Tags
A spell that replaces itself by drawing a card as part of its resolution.
Puts additional cards into your hand. Includes direct draw, 'look/reveal and put into hand' effects, and conditional draw triggers.
Cares about cards in the graveyard, puts cards into the graveyard, or benefits from things dying.
Gains you life. Relevant for lifegain-matters strategies and general survivability.
Puts creatures into the graveyard then returns them to the battlefield cheaply.
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Printings (5)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historic Anthology 5#18 | rare | · | · | · |
| Magic Online Promos#55878 | rare | · | · | · |
| Dragons of Tarkir Promos#227s | rare | · | · | · |
| Dragons of Tarkir Promos#227 | rare | · | · | · |
| Dragons of Tarkir#227 | rare | · | · | · |
Rulings
If a Command is copied, the effect that creates the copy will usually allow you to choose new targets for the copy, but you can’t choose new modes.
As the spell resolves, follow the instructions of the modes you chose in the order they are printed on the card. For example, if you chose the second and fourth modes of Ojutai’s Command, you would gain 4 life and then draw a card. (The order won’t matter in most cases.)
You choose the two modes as you cast the spell. You must choose two different modes. Once modes are chosen, they can’t be changed.
If all targets for the chosen modes become illegal before the Command resolves, the spell won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. If at least one target is still legal, the spell will resolve but will have no effect on any illegal targets.
You can choose a mode only if you can choose legal targets for that mode. Ignore the targeting requirements for modes that aren’t chosen. For example, you can cast Ojutai’s Command without targeting a creature spell provided you don’t choose the third mode.