Practiced Tactics
Instant
Choose target attacking or blocking creature. Practiced Tactics deals damage to that creature equal to twice the number of creatures in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #18731
Practiced Tactics gives a creature +2/+1 and first strike until end of turn — immediate combat math at instant speed — and it levels up The Destined Warrior as a bonus. One mana for that spread of effects is a clean rate, and there's no real cost to running it in the right shell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Destined Warrior
The Destined Warrior levels on combat damage triggers, and Practiced Tactics serves double duty: it pumps the warrior to ensure it connects while simultaneously counting as a level-up trigger, compressing two steps of the engine into one mana.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Practiced Tactics is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, though it's built for Commander first. In Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer, a one-mana combat trick that doesn't generate card advantage rarely makes the cut when the competition is Temur Battle Rage or Giant Growth variants. Pauper is the one 60-card exception worth noting, where low-cost combat tricks see more play and first strike at instant speed can steal races. Commander is where this card earns its slot: in The Destined Warrior decks specifically, the level-up rider turns a situational pump into part of the core game plan.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Practiced Tactics is deep bulk — you're not paying a premium for anything here. Bulk rares move on staple demand, and this card's demand ceiling is narrow enough that it stays at this price floor as long as The Destined Warrior remains a niche commander.
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Mentioned
- The Destined Warrior
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.