Fateful Tempest

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Fateful Tempest: Sorcery, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Council's dilemma - Starting with you, each player votes for past or present. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{R}
Mana value
3
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Red (R)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
Released
2026-04-24
Collector number
31
Artist
Jabari Weathers
Commander rank
14,930 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Council's dilemma, Mill

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About Fateful Tempest

Fateful Tempest is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red sorcery from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 31 in that set, with art by Jabari Weathers. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Secrets of Strixhaven Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.28 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Council's dilemma - Starting with you, each player votes for past or present. You mill a card for each past vote, then Fateful Tempest deals damage to each opponent equal to the total mana value of cards milled this way. Exile the top card of your library for each present vote. Until the end of your next turn, you may play the exiled cards.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.28 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Fateful Tempest by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Fateful Tempest

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #79Rare2026

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Fateful Tempest, newest first.

  • No player votes until the spell or ability resolves. Any responses to that spell or ability must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.
  • If a milled card has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
  • You pay all costs and follow all timing rules for cards played this way. For example, if one of the exiled cards is a land card, you may play it only during your main phase while the stack is empty and only if you have an available land play remaining.
  • Votes are cast in turn order, and each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.
  • Each player must vote for one of the available options. They can't abstain.
  • Abilities that trigger "whenever players finish voting" trigger once all players have voted or once all secret votes are revealed, but they won't go on the stack until the current spell or ability finishes resolving.

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