Fortunate Few

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Fortunate Few: Sorcery, Commander 2017. MTG card details, printings, market prices, official rulings, and format legality, all in one place on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{W}{W}
Mana value
5
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
White (W)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander 2017 (C17)
Released
2017-08-25
Collector number
4
Artist
Jesper Ejsing
Commander rank
19,829 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Fortunate Few

Fortunate Few is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white sorcery from Commander 2017 (C17), a Commander product released in August 2017. It is collector number 4 in that set, with art by Jesper Ejsing. It costs {3}{W}{W} (three generic and two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Treasure Chest (2016) to Commander 2017 (2017). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.36 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Choose a nonland permanent you don't control, then each other player chooses a nonland permanent they don't control that hasn't been chosen this way. Destroy all other nonland permanents.

"... Is it over?"

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.36 (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 Fortunate Few by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Fortunate Few

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

PrintingRarityYear
Treasure Chest (PZ2) #65673Rare2017

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Fortunate Few, newest first.

  • After you choose a nonland permanent, each other player does so in turn order starting from the player whose turn it is. Each player will know the choice made by previous players.
  • A permanent with indestructible can be chosen this way even though it wouldn’t be destroyed otherwise.
  • Once Fortunate Few begins resolving, no player may take any actions other than those specified by Fortunate Few until it’s done resolving. Notably, players must act to protect their permanents (such as by activating Kindred Boon) before knowing which permanents will be chosen.
  • Lands can’t be chosen and won’t be destroyed, even if they have other types (such as an artifact land).

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