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Command the Chaff

Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2021 (CMB2)

{4}{U}{U}

Instant

Look at target opponent's sideboard. You may cast a card from that sideboard without paying its mana cost. Exile Command the Chaff.
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyNot legal
VintageNot legal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderNot legal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal

Versions

2 printings · from $0.29

Rulings

5 · latest Nov 12, 2019
  • WotCNov 12, 2019

    If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

  • WotCNov 12, 2019

    If you cast a card “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Tormenting Voice, you must pay those to cast the card.

  • WotCNov 12, 2019

    In a Limited event, each card a player opened (in a Sealed Deck event) or drafted (in a Booster Draft event) is their sideboard.

  • WotCNov 12, 2019

    You can’t play land cards from that sideboard.

  • WotCNov 12, 2019

    You must cast the sideboard card you wish to cast while Command the Chaff is resolving. You can’t cast it later in the turn.