Primal Command
Primal Command: Sorcery, Modern Masters 2017. Choose two - • Target player gains 7 life. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{G}{G}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Modern Masters 2017 (MM3)
- Released
- 2017-03-17
- Collector number
- 132
- Artist
- Wayne England
- Commander rank
- 5,571 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Primal Command
Primal Command is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green sorcery from Modern Masters 2017 (MM3), a Masters set released in March 2017. It is collector number 132 in that set, with art by Wayne England. It costs {3}{G}{G} (three generic and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Lorwyn (2007) to Breaking News (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.45 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Choose two -
• Target player gains 7 life.
• Put target noncreature permanent on top of its owner's library.
• Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library.
• Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.45 (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 Primal Command by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Primal Command
Primal Command has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Breaking News (OTP) #31 | Rare | 2024 |
| Strixhaven Mystical Archive (STA) #118 | Mythic | 2021 |
| Strixhaven Mystical Archive (STA) #55 | Mythic | 2021 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #62489 | Rare | 2016 |
| Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi (DDP) #20 | Rare | 2015 |
| Archenemy (ARC) #66 | Rare | 2010 |
| Lorwyn (LRW) #233 | Rare | 2007 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Primal Command, newest first.
- Primal Command won't be put into your graveyard until after it's finished resolving, which means it won't be shuffled into your library as part of its own effect if you target yourself with its third mode.
- Primal Command's modes are performed in the order listed. If you put a noncreature permanent on top of its owner's library and have that player shuffle their graveyard into their library, that card is shuffled away.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these card lists
These card lists include Primal Command.