Rishkar's Expertise
Rishkar's Expertise: Sorcery, Foundations Commander. Draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{G}{G}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Foundations Commander (FDC)
- Released
- 2026-10-02
- Collector number
- 226
- Artist
- Magali Villeneuve
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About Rishkar's Expertise
Rishkar's Expertise is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green sorcery from Foundations Commander (FDC), released in October 2026. It is collector number 226 in that set, with art by Magali Villeneuve. It costs {4}{G}{G} (four generic and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 12 sets, from Aether Revolt (2017) to Foundations Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.43 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control.
You may cast a spell with mana value 5 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.
"Control the Great Conduit? You might as well try to divert a river with your hands."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.43 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Rishkar's Expertise by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Rishkar's Expertise
Rishkar's Expertise has been printed in 12 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2597 | Rare | 2026 |
| Wizards Play Network 2025 (PW25) #1 | Rare | 2025 |
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #411 | Rare | 2024 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #254 | Rare | 2023 |
| Wilds of Eldraine Commander (WOC) #130 | Rare | 2023 |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) #306 | Rare | 2022 |
| Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) #127 | Rare | 2022 |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #170 | Rare | 2021 |
| Kaladesh Remastered (KLR) #180 | Rare | 2020 |
| Aether Revolt (AER) #123 | Rare | 2017 |
| Aether Revolt Promos (PAER) #123s | Rare | 2017 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Rishkar's Expertise, newest first.
- The mana value of a split card is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves. If an expertise spell allows you to cast a split card, you may cast either half or, if that split card has fuse, both halves.
- If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs, such as emerge costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Cathartic Reunion, you must pay those to cast the card.
- Effects that allow you to "cast" a card don't allow you to play a land card.
- You may cast one of the cards drawn by Rishkar's Expertise's first effect while performing its second effect.
- A card's mana value is determined solely by the mana symbols printed in its upper right corner. The mana value is the total amount of mana in that cost, regardless of color. For example, a card with mana cost {1}{U}{U} has mana value 3. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions that could apply to it. A card with no mana cost has a mana value of 0.
- If you control no creatures with power greater than 0 as Rishkar's Expertise resolves, you draw no cards, but you may cast a card with mana value 5 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.
- If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- Any triggered abilities that trigger while performing the Expertise spell's first effect won't be put onto the stack until after you're done casting your free spell. They're put onto the stack at the same time as any abilities that triggered while casting that spell regardless of the order in which those abilities triggered.
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