Will of the Mardu
Will of the Mardu: Instant, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. Choose one. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 17
- Artist
- Tuan Duong Chu
- Commander rank
- 2,333 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Will of the Mardu
Will of the Mardu is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white instant from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 17 in that set, with art by Tuan Duong Chu. It costs {2}{W} (two generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $5.58 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Create a number of 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens equal to the number of creatures target player controls.
• Will of the Mardu deals damage to target creature equal to the number of creatures you control.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $5.58 (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 Will of the Mardu 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 Will of the Mardu
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #57 | Rare | 2025 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Will of the Mardu, newest first.
- Once you’ve announced that you’re casting this spell, players can’t take any actions until you’ve finished doing so. Notably, opponents can’t try to remove your commander to change how many modes you may choose.
- Whether or not you control a commander is determined only once, as you choose the modes for this spell. If you somehow lose control of that commander before you finish casting the spell (perhaps because you sacrifice it to activate a mana ability), it won’t change the number of modes chosen.
- The commander you control doesn’t have to be your commander.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Will of the Mardu is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
- Mardu Surge (TDC), led by Zurgo Stormrender