Word of Command
$67.48 / €33.56
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Word of Command
Instant
Collectors' Edition·#137·rare·Jesper Myrfors
$67.48 / €33.56
Look at target opponent's hand and choose a card from it. You control that player until Word of Command finishes resolving. The player plays that card if able. While doing so, the player can activate mana abilities only if they're from lands that player controls and only if mana they produce is spent to activate other mana abilities of lands the player controls and/or to play that card. If the chosen card is cast as a spell, you control the player while that spell is resolving.
Legal in
Legacy, Vintage, Commander
Rulings (12)
To "play a card" is to either cast a spell or to put a land onto the battlefield using the main phase special action.
2004-10-04
You do get to choose which lands get tapped. You can make them choose an optional mana generating ability of the land that they tap, such as making them tap and sacrifice the land instead of just tap it.
2009-10-01
During the resolution of this spell, that player plays the chosen card.
2011-01-01
Word of Command can't be used to force a player to play a card that isn't in their hand.
2011-01-01