Lock and Load

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Lock and Load: Sorcery, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}
Mana value
3
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
Released
2024-04-19
Collector number
15
Artist
Anastasia Ovchinnikova
Commander rank
5,930 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Plot

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About Lock and Load

Lock and Load is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue sorcery from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC), a Commander product released in April 2024. It is collector number 15 in that set, with art by Anastasia Ovchinnikova. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.07 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Draw a card, then draw a card for each other instant and sorcery spell you've cast this turn.

Plot {3}{U} (You may pay {3}{U} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

"Always bring a little extra thunder."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.07 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Lock and Load by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Lock and Load

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #51Rare2024

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Lock and Load, newest first.

  • Plot abilities are written “Plot [cost],” which means “Any time you have priority during your main phase while the stack is empty, you may pay [cost] and exile this card from your hand. It becomes plotted.”
  • If you’re casting a plotted card from exile without paying its mana cost, you can’t choose to cast it for any other alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the plotted card has any mandatory additional costs, those must still be paid to cast the spell.
  • Exiling a card using its plot ability is a special action. Once you announce you’re taking that action, no other player can respond by trying to remove that card from your hand.
  • You can’t cast a plotted card on the same turn it became plotted. On any future turn, you may cast that card from exile without paying its mana cost during your main phase while the stack is empty.
  • Lock and Load will count any other instant and sorcery spells you’ve cast this turn. It doesn’t matter if the other spells resolved, didn’t resolve, were countered, or are still on the stack.
  • If a plotted card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

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