Hour of Promise
Hour of Promise: Sorcery, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{G}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
- Released
- 2024-04-19
- Collector number
- 195
- Artist
- Jonas De Ro
- Commander rank
- 3,150 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Hour of Promise
Hour of Promise is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green sorcery from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC), a Commander product released in April 2024. It is collector number 195 in that set, with art by Jonas De Ro. It costs {4}{G} (four generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Hour of Devastation (2017) to Modern Horizons 3 Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Search your library for up to two land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control three or more Deserts, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
With the Hekma breached and its protection removed, the deserts swept in.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.30 (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 Hour of Promise by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Hour of Promise
Hour of Promise has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #232 | Rare | 2024 |
| Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #197 | Rare | 2020 |
| Hour of Devastation (HOU) #120 | Rare | 2017 |
| Hour of Devastation Promos (PHOU) #120s | Rare | 2017 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Hour of Promise, newest first.
- There are many important moments in the story, but the most crucial-called "story spotlights"-are shown on cards. These cards have the Planeswalker symbol in their text box; this symbol has no effect on gameplay. You can read more about these events in the official Magic fiction at http://www.mtgstory.com.
- When Hour of Promise checks the number of Deserts you control, it includes any Deserts you found earlier with Hour of Promise.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Hour of Promise is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.