Bovine Intervention

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Bovine Intervention: Instant, Outlaws of Thunder Junction. Destroy target artifact or creature. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{W}
Mana value
2
Type
Instant
Colour identity
White (W)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ)
Released
2024-04-19
Collector number
6
Artist
Julia Metzger
Commander rank
3,874 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Bovine Intervention

Bovine Intervention is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white instant from Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ), an expansion set released in April 2024. It is collector number 6 in that set, with art by Julia Metzger. It costs {1}{W} (one generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Outlaws of Thunder Junction (2024) to Marvel Super Heroes Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Destroy target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 2/2 white Ox creature token.

No one could prove the ox did it, but no one tried to harness it again either.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Bovine Intervention by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Bovine Intervention

Bovine Intervention has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #123Uncommon2026

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Bovine Intervention.

  • If the target artifact or creature is an illegal target by the time Bovine Intervention tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. No player creates an Ox token. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), its controller does create an Ox token.

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Bovine Intervention is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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