Ready // Willing
Instant // Instant
Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. Untap each creature you control.
Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dragon's Maze
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #15315
Ready // Willing gives your whole team indestructible and untaps them at instant speed — that's a combat blowout or a wrath dodge for four mana, plus a free Willing stapled to the back for lifelink and deathtouch when you need to close. Doran, the Siege Tower decks run it because Willing turns every high-toughness blocker into a deathtouch machine, and Kitsa, Otterball Elite lists use the full fused version to swing wide, survive sweepers, and drain out the table in one motion.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Doran, the Siege Tower
Doran, the Siege Tower's whole game is attacking with high-toughness creatures, and Ready // Willing pays that off twice over — Willing's deathtouch makes every blocker trade down, and Ready's indestructibility means your overcommitted board survives the sweeper your opponent fires in response.
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 Ready // Willing earns its slot: fusing both halves for six mana is live in a format where boards get wide and sweepers are everywhere, and the instant speed means you can hold it up while still applying pressure. In Legacy and Vintage the card is legal but irrelevant — four or six mana at instant speed for a combat trick doesn't compete with the format's actual threats. Modern and Pioneer are similarly hostile; decks there don't build the kind of wide, high-toughness boards that make Ready // Willing payoff proportional to its cost. This is a Commander card through and through, and specifically a go-wide Commander card — in a tokens or toughness-matters shell it can single-handedly win a combat step or survive a board wipe.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Kitsa, Otterball EliteReady // Willing
Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite magecraft triggers
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Elite ArcanistReady // Willing
Infinite storm count; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite magecraft triggers
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Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Ready // Willing sits firmly in bulk territory, which makes it a free inclusion decision for any deck that wants it. Bulk fused spells rarely spike unless a breakout commander pushes demand, so treat it as a stable pickup rather than a card to prioritize hunting down.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.