Praetor's Counsel

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Praetor's Counsel: Sorcery, Commander Anthology. Return all cards from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Praetor's Counsel. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{5}{G}{G}{G}
Mana value
8
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Green (G)
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Commander Anthology (CMA)
Released
2017-06-09
Collector number
134
Artist
Daarken
Commander rank
5,304 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Praetor's Counsel

Praetor's Counsel is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare green sorcery from Commander Anthology (CMA), a Commander product released in June 2017. It is collector number 134 in that set, with art by Daarken. It costs {5}{G}{G}{G} (five generic and three green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 8. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Mirrodin Besieged (2011) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.17 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Return all cards from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Praetor's Counsel. You have no maximum hand size for the rest of the game.

As the Phyrexian contagion corroded Karn's body, the praetors whispered psalms to corrupt his mind.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.17 (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 Praetor's Counsel by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Praetor's Counsel

Praetor's Counsel has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #C14-209Mythic2023
Commander 2014 (C14) #209Mythic2014
Mirrodin Besieged (MBS) #88Mythic2011

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Praetor's Counsel, newest first.

  • If multiple effects modify your hand size, apply them in timestamp order. For example, if you put Null Profusion (an enchantment that says your maximum hand size is two) onto the battlefield and then resolve Praetor's Counsel, you have no maximum hand size. However, if those events happened in the opposite order, your maximum hand size would be two.
  • Later effects that modify your maximum hand size, but don't set it to a specific number, will have no effect.

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