Atarka's Command
Instant
Choose two —
• Your opponents can't gain life this turn.
• Atarka's Command deals 3 damage to each opponent.
• You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
• Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain reach until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Double Masters 2022
- Price
- $1.34
- EDHREC rank
- #6443
Atarka's Command jams four relevant modes into two mana — pump your whole team, dome an opponent for three, ramp a land into play, or lock out lifegain, all at instant speed. At RG with no additional cost, it overdelivers; Riku of Many Paths copying it for three mana effectively doubles a combat swing at a price no other card in the format matches.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Riku of Many Paths
Riku of Many Paths copies Atarka's Command for just three mana, which means a single RG spell becomes two triggers of +1/+1 and reach across your entire board — a combat trick that ends games rather than just winning a trade.
Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid
Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid hunts for noncombat damage sources to trigger its enrage-adjacent ability, and Atarka's Command's three-damage mode hits an opponent directly on your opponents' turns, letting you squeeze a trigger before blockers are even declared.
Klothys, God of Destiny
Klothys, God of Destiny grinds life totals down, and Atarka's Command's lifegain-prevention mode seals those incremental pings into lethal reach by stopping opponents from stabilizing with incidental lifegain.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Atarka's Command is a role-player rather than a staple — the pump mode shines in go-wide green decks and the lifegain-prevention mode is relevant in any meta where Soul Warden effects or Oloro lifegain strategies run rampant. In Modern and Pioneer it has a real competitive history as a finisher in Gruul aggro and Burn shells, where the reach-granting mode plus three direct damage plus land-drop acceleration collapses life totals before opponents stabilize. Legacy and Vintage have enough broken alternatives that Atarka's Command rarely makes those 75, but nothing about the card is unplayable there. It's legal in Oathbreaker as well, where the low mana cost and instant-speed flexibility make it a natural fit for aggressive red-green signatures.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.34 cheap tier
At $1.34, Atarka's Command sits in the buy-without-thinking range for any Gruul or multicolor deck that can use even two of its four modes. The price reflects healthy supply from multiple printings — there's no reason to expect it to spike, and no reason to hesitate at current cost.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.