Court of Cunning

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Court of Cunning: Enchantment, Commander Legends. When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}{U}
Mana value
3
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander Legends (CMR)
Released
2020-11-20
Collector number
63
Artist
Yeong-Hao Han
Commander rank
2,671 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Mill

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About Court of Cunning

Court of Cunning is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue enchantment from Commander Legends (CMR), a draft-focused set released in November 2020. It is collector number 63 in that set, with art by Yeong-Hao Han. It costs {1}{U}{U} (one generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $4.55 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch.

At the beginning of your upkeep, any number of target players each mill two cards. If you're the monarch, each of those players mills ten cards instead. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

A throne built on wisdom cannot be toppled.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.55 (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 Court of Cunning by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Court of Cunning

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

PrintingRarityYear
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #85980Rare2020
Commander Legends (CMR) #633Rare2020

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Court of Cunning, newest first.

  • If combat damage dealt to the monarch causes that player to lose the game, the triggered ability that causes the controller of the attacking creature to become the monarch doesn't resolve. In most cases, the controller of the attacking creature will still become the monarch as it is likely their turn.
  • There are two inherent triggered abilities associated with being the monarch. These triggered abilities have no source and are controlled by the player who was the monarch at the time the abilities triggered. The full texts of these abilities are "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."
  • If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.
  • The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward. As a player becomes the monarch, the current monarch (if any) ceases being the monarch.
  • If the monarch leaves the game during another player's turn, that player becomes the monarch. If the monarch leaves the game during their turn, the next player in turn order becomes the monarch.

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