Kolaghan's Command

Mana cost

Mana value3TypeInstant Color identity

Rakdos RarityRare SetDouble Masters 2022 (2X2) ArtistDaarken Price€1.04 · foil €1.20 · $0.38

About this card

Kolaghan's Command is an instant card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 3 (color identity: black and red). First printed in Dragons of Tarkir Promos (2015); 7 paper printings in total. Role in Commander: removal. It is one of the 5,000 most played cards in Commander (EDHREC rank 3,787). Legal in Commander, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Vintage. Cheapest printing: €0.41 (Modern Horizons 3 Commander); most expensive: €2.19 (Double Masters 2022).

Kolaghan's Command

Instant

Choose two —
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Target player discards a card.
• Destroy target artifact.
• Kolaghan's Command deals 2 damage to any target.

Name in each language

FrançaisCommandement de KolaghanEnglishKolaghan's CommandEspañolMandato de KólaganDeutschKolaghans BefehlItalianoComando di KolaghanPortuguêsComando de Kolaghan日本語コラガンの命令

Legality

CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerLegalModernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperNot legalBrawlLegalOathbreakerLegalHistoricLegalTimelessLegalPenny DreadfulLegal

Rulings

2015-02-25
You choose the two modes as you cast the spell. You must choose two different modes. Once modes are chosen, they can't be changed.

2015-02-25
You can choose a mode only if you can choose legal targets for that mode. Ignore the targeting requirements for modes that aren't chosen. For example, you can cast Ojutai's Command without targeting a creature spell provided you don't choose the third mode.

2015-02-25
As the spell resolves, follow the instructions of the modes you chose in the order they are printed on the card. For example, if you chose the second and fourth modes of Ojutai's Command, you would gain 4 life and then draw a card. (The order won't matter in most cases.)

2015-02-25
If a Command is copied, the effect that creates the copy will usually allow you to choose new targets for the copy, but you can't choose new modes.

2015-02-25
If all targets for the chosen modes become illegal before the Command resolves, the spell won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. If at least one target is still legal, the spell will resolve but will have no effect on any illegal targets.