You Come to a River

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You Come to a River: Instant, Adventures in the Forgotten Realms. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}
Mana value
2
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Common
Set
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR)
Released
2021-07-23
Collector number
83
Artist
Viko Menezes
Commander rank
8,013 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About You Come to a River

You Come to a River is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue instant from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR), an expansion set released in July 2021. It is collector number 83 in that set, with art by Viko Menezes. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (2021) to Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Choose one -

• Fight the Current - Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

• Find a Crossing - Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of You Come to a River by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of You Come to a River

You Come to a River has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (HBG) #136Common2022

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to You Come to a River.

  • Casting this spell and choosing the Find a Crossing mode targeting an attacking creature that has already been blocked won't change or undo that block. It will still get the +1/+0 though.

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