Thancred Waters
Thancred Waters: Legendary Creature - Human Warrior, Final Fantasy Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{W}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 3/5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Final Fantasy Commander (FIC)
- Released
- 2025-06-13
- Collector number
- 31
- Artist
- Wisnu Tan
- Commander rank
- 8,361 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flash, Royal Guard
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Thancred Waters
Thancred Waters is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white legendary creature from Final Fantasy Commander (FIC), a Commander product released in June 2025. It is collector number 31 in that set, with art by Wisnu Tan. It costs {4}{W} (four generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 3/5 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Final Fantasy Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Flash
Royal Guard - When Thancred Waters enters, another target legendary permanent you control gains indestructible for as long as you control Thancred Waters.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Thancred Waters gains indestructible until end of turn.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Thancred Waters by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Thancred Waters
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #139 | Rare | 2025 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Thancred Waters, newest first.
- If Thancred Waters leaves the battlefield or you lose control of it before its triggered ability resolves, the target legendary permanent won't gain indestructible at all.
- Thancred Waters's last ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Thancred Waters is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.