Improbable Alliance
Improbable Alliance: Enchantment, March of the Machine Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U}{R}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Blue and red (UR)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- March of the Machine Commander (MOC)
- Released
- 2023-04-21
- Collector number
- 329
- Artist
- Zoltan Boros
- Commander rank
- 11,105 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Improbable Alliance
Improbable Alliance is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue and red enchantment from March of the Machine Commander (MOC), a Commander product released in April 2023. It is collector number 329 in that set, with art by Zoltan Boros. It costs {U}{R} (one blue and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue and red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Throne of Eldraine (2019) to March of the Machine Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 blue Faerie creature token with flying.
{4}{U}{R}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
"I agreed to light his way as long as he always had my back." -Squill, Mistford pixie
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (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 Improbable Alliance 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 |
Other printings of Improbable Alliance
Improbable Alliance has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #193 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #396 | Uncommon | 2019 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Improbable Alliance, newest first.
- If an effect instructs you to draw multiple cards, the ability triggers after you draw whichever is the second one for the turn. You choose a target (if any) for the ability after you've drawn and looked at all of the cards and finished resolving the spell or ability that caused you to draw them.
- The triggered ability can trigger only once each turn. It doesn't matter whether the permanent with that ability was on the battlefield when the first card was drawn. If it's not on the battlefield when the second card is drawn, the ability can't trigger at all that turn. It won't trigger when the third or fourth card is drawn.
- If a spell or ability causes you to put cards into your hand without specifically using the word "draw," it's not a card drawn.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a blue and red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Improbable Alliance is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.