Cunning Rhetoric

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Cunning Rhetoric: Enchantment, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
Released
2024-04-19
Collector number
129
Artist
Chris Rallis
Commander rank
2,614 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Cunning Rhetoric

Cunning Rhetoric is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black enchantment from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC), a Commander product released in April 2024. It is collector number 129 in that set, with art by Chris Rallis. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Commander 2021 (2021) to Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.76 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever an opponent attacks you and/or one or more planeswalkers you control, exile the top card of that player's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.76 (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 Cunning Rhetoric by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Cunning Rhetoric

Cunning Rhetoric has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Commander Masters (CMM) #864Rare2023
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #90072Rare2021
Commander 2021 (C21) #365Rare2021
Commander 2021 (C21) #38Rare2021

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Cunning Rhetoric, newest first.

  • You'll still pay all costs for a spell cast this way, including additional costs. You may also pay alternative costs if any are available.
  • You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions for the exiled card. If it's a land, you can't play it unless you have land plays available.
  • If you play a card this way, it leaves exile and becomes a new object. If it returns to exile later in the turn, you can't play it again.

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