Board the Weatherlight
Sorcery
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a historic card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dominaria
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #16575
Board the Weatherlight looks at the top five cards of your library and lets you grab any historic card — artifact, legendary, or Saga — which in Commander means it almost always finds exactly what you need. Two mana at sorcery speed is the full cost, and for decks built around those card types, that's a bargain.
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 |
Commander is where Board the Weatherlight earns its slot — legendary-matters and artifact-heavy builds run dozens of valid targets, so the hit rate approaches 100% and it functions as a cheap, targeted tutor. In Modern and Pioneer, the historic clause is a genuine constraint: unless you're deep in artifacts or Sagas, this often whiffs and Impulse does the job better. Legacy and Vintage have access to so many stronger cantrips and tutors that Board the Weatherlight never competes. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander calculus — if your signature spell or win condition is legendary or an artifact, this finds it consistently and cheaply.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Board the Weatherlight is pure bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if the deck qualifies. Price this low doesn't move much in either direction, so treat it as a permanent cheap inclusion rather than a pickup with any timing consideration.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.