Great Train Heist
Great Train Heist: Instant, Outlaws of Thunder Junction. Spree. + 2R - Untap all creatures you control. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {R}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ)
- Released
- 2024-04-19
- Collector number
- 125
- Artist
- Campbell White
- Commander rank
- 1,119 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Treasure, Spree
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About Great Train Heist
Great Train Heist is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red instant from Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ), an expansion set released in April 2024. It is collector number 125 in that set, with art by Campbell White. It costs {R} (one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from The List (2020) to Outlaws of Thunder Junction (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $4.87 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+ {2}{R} - Untap all creatures you control. If it's your combat phase, there is an additional combat phase after this phase.
+ {2} - Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn.
+ {R} - Choose target opponent. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to that player this turn, create a tapped Treasure token.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.87 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Great Train Heist by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Great Train Heist
Great Train Heist has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #OTJ-125 | Rare | 2026 |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #331 | Rare | 2024 |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos (POTJ) #125p | Rare | 2024 |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos (POTJ) #125s | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Great Train Heist, newest first.
- No matter which modes you choose, you always follow the instructions in the order they are written.
- The mana value of a spell with spree is determined only by its mana cost (in the upper right corner of the card). It doesn’t matter which modes you choose or which additional costs you pay, including any additional costs imposed by other effects.
- No player can cast spells or activate abilities in between the modes of a resolving spell. Any abilities that trigger won’t be put onto the stack until the spell is done resolving.
- You can’t choose the same mode more than once.
- If an effect allows you to cast a spell with spree “without paying its mana cost,” you must still choose at least one mode and pay the associated additional costs.
- Great Train Heist’s second mode affects only creatures you control at the time Great Train Heist resolves. Creatures you begin to control later in the turn and noncreature permanents that become creatures later in the turn won’t get +1/+0 or first strike.
- You must choose at least one of the listed modes and pay its associated additional cost in order to cast a spell with spree.
- If a spell with spree is copied, the effect that creates the copy may allow you to choose new targets. You cannot choose new modes.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Great Train Heist is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
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