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Dromoka's Command

InstantGreen manaWhite mana

The charm-style modal command lives or dies by how often two of its four modes are live at once, and this one is built so that the green-white deck playing it rarely whiffs. Two of the four modes lean directly on the creature-and-counters axis those colors already want: a +1/+1 counter for permanent growth, and a fight to point that growth at something you want dead. The two stack so a single instant grows your creature and removes a bigger one in one motion, which is where the card earns its reputation as a two-mana blowout. The enchantment mode hands the choice of what to sacrifice to its controller rather than to you, which sounds like a downside until you realize it sidesteps shroud or hexproof on the key permanent: the opponent must give something up, and you are not aiming at a protected target. The damage-prevention mode is the narrow one, and easy to misread: it stops damage from a single instant or sorcery spell, so it answers a burn spell or a damage-based removal spell aimed at your creature. It does nothing against combat damage, even from a creature an opponent has pumped, because that damage comes from the creature, not from the trick. The rigidity is the price of the design: you always pick exactly two, and the fight mode goes dead against a creatureless opponent. But the spread of effects is wide enough that finding two relevant lines is the usual case, not the exception.

Dromoka's Command (plst)
PLST · #DTK-221rare
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Choose two — • Prevent all damage target instant or sorcery spell would deal this turn. • Target player sacrifices an enchantment of their choice. • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. • Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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