Atarka's Command
Atarka's Command: Instant, Double Masters 2022. Choose two - • Your opponents can't gain life this turn. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {R}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Red and green (RG)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Double Masters 2022 (2X2)
- Released
- 2022-07-08
- Collector number
- 176
- Artist
- Chris Rahn
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About Atarka's Command
Atarka's Command is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red and green instant from Double Masters 2022 (2X2), a Masters set released in July 2022. It is collector number 176 in that set, with art by Chris Rahn. It costs {R}{G} (one red and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is red and green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Dragons of Tarkir (2015) to Double Masters 2022 (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.94 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Choose two -
• Your opponents can't gain life this turn.
• Atarka's Command deals 3 damage to each opponent.
• You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
• Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain reach until end of turn.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.94 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Atarka's Command by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Atarka's Command
Atarka's Command has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #475 | Rare | 2022 |
| Historic Anthology 5 (HA5) #21 | Rare | 2021 |
| Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) #213 | Rare | 2015 |
| Dragons of Tarkir Promos (PDTK) #213s | Rare | 2015 |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Atarka's Command, newest first.
- 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.
- If you choose the third mode and put a land card onto the battlefield, that doesn't count as playing a land. For example, you can both play a land and put a land onto the battlefield this way during your turn.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- The first mode won't affect life that was gained earlier in the turn.
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