Orator of Ojutai

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Orator of Ojutai: Creature - Bird Monk, Commander 2017. As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{W}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Bird Monk
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
0/4
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Commander 2017 (C17)
Released
2017-08-25
Collector number
67
Artist
Zack Stella
Commander rank
14,669 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Defender, Flying

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About Orator of Ojutai

Orator of Ojutai is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white creature from Commander 2017 (C17), a Commander product released in August 2017. It is collector number 67 in that set, with art by Zack Stella. It costs {1}{W} (one generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 0/4 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Dragons of Tarkir (2015) to Commander 2017 (2017). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand.

Defender, flying

When this creature enters, if you revealed a Dragon card or controlled a Dragon as you cast this spell, draw a card.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (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 Orator of Ojutai by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Orator of Ojutai

Orator of Ojutai has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #57578Uncommon2015
Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) #28Uncommon2015
Friday Night Magic 2015 (F15) #9Rare2015

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Orator of Ojutai, newest first.

  • If one of these spells is copied, the controller of the copy will get the “Dragon bonus” only if a Dragon card was revealed as an additional cost. The copy wasn’t cast, so whether you controlled a Dragon won’t matter.
  • If you don’t reveal a Dragon card from your hand, you must control a Dragon as you are finished casting the spell to get the bonus. For example, if you lose control of your only Dragon while casting the spell (because, for example, you sacrificed it to activate a mana ability), you won’t get the bonus.
  • You can’t reveal more than one Dragon card to multiply the bonus. There is also no additional benefit for both revealing a Dragon card as an additional cost and controlling a Dragon as you cast the spell.

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