Grapple with the Past
Grapple with the Past: Instant, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 257
- Artist
- Howard Lyon
- Commander rank
- 2,148 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Mill
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About Grapple with the Past
Grapple with the Past is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common green instant from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 257 in that set, with art by Howard Lyon. It costs {1}{G} (one generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Eldritch Moon (2016) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Mill three cards, then you may return a creature or land card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)
Emrakul does not grant wishes. Desires simply align to her will.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Grapple with the Past by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Grapple with the Past
Grapple with the Past has been printed in 9 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Innistrad Remastered (INR) #199 | Common | 2025 |
| Innistrad Remastered (INR) #412 | Common | 2025 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #82 | Common | 2024 |
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #230 | Common | 2024 |
| Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR) #198 | Common | 2023 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #149 | Common | 2022 |
| The List (PLST) #C18-148 | Common | 2019 |
| Commander 2018 (C18) #148 | Common | 2018 |
| Eldritch Moon (EMN) #160 | Common | 2016 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Grapple with the Past.
- Grapple with the Past doesn't target the card to return to your hand. After putting the top three cards of your library into your graveyard, you may choose from among any creature or land cards there.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Grapple with the Past is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.