Profane Command

Profane Command card image

Profane Command: Sorcery, Starter Commander Decks. Choose two - • Target player loses X life. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{X}{B}{B}
Mana value
2
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Starter Commander Decks (SCD)
Released
2022-12-02
Collector number
99
Artist
Wayne England
Commander rank
4,923 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

Build around this card with Grover

About Profane Command

Profane Command is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black sorcery from Starter Commander Decks (SCD), a Commander product released in December 2022. It is collector number 99 in that set, with art by Wayne England. It costs {X}{B}{B} (X and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 8 sets, from Lorwyn (2007) to Starter Commander Decks (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.33 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Choose two -

• Target player loses X life.

• Return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

• Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.

• Up to X target creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.33 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Profane Command 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 Profane Command

Profane Command has been printed in 8 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
New Capenna Commander (NCC) #256Rare2022
Commander 2020 (C20) #135Rare2020
Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #90Rare2015
Commander 2014 (C14) #156Rare2014
Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas (DDH) #70Rare2011
Planechase (HOP) #38Rare2009
Lorwyn (LRW) #135Rare2007

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Profane Command.

  • The value chosen for X applies to each X in the spell's effect. You pay {X} only once.

Similar cards

Other sorcery cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Profane Command is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

Explore Mana Grove