Unwilling Recruit
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
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
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.21as of 2026-07-12
-4.5%
H $0.30L $0.19since Feb 2024$0.10
$0.04
$0.06+60% · normal spread
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Foil
$0.52as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.95L $0.52since Feb 2024$0.52
$0.50
$0.02+4% · normal spread
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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.