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Unwilling Recruit

{X}{R}{R}{R}

Sorcery

EVEEventide#64uncommon
Foil

Frorn didn't want to be kept, but he didn't want to be thrown back either.

Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 2 per booster–1 in 1067
Illustrator
Dave Allsop
Found in
Eventide Theme Deck Sidestep · Eventide MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gets +X/+0 and gains haste until end of turn.

Plays as: Threaten · X Spell

Market · per finishspark updated 12h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-4.5%
$0.21
$0.10 low$0.06 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.52
$0.52 low$0.02 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.21· across 1 printing

Rulings

1 · latest Aug 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
  • WotCAug 1, 2008

    You may target a creature you already control with Unwilling Recruit. If you do, you’ll gain control of that creature (which usually won’t have any visible effect), untap it, and it’ll get +X/+0 until end of turn.