Command Beacon – MTG Proxy Commander

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Command Beacon

Mana value: 0 · Color identity: Colorless

Land

Tap: Add Colorless mana.
Tap, Sacrifice this land: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.

Federation worlds house endless diversity, bound by a simple truth: we are better together.

Flavor text may vary by printing.

Card format legality
Commander
Legal
Modern
Not legal
Pioneer
Not legal
Standard
Not legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Not legal

Format status describes the underlying Magic card, not eligibility of this printed product for sanctioned play.

Updated

Card rulings 6
  1. If you cast a commander from your hand, the commander tax doesn't apply. Additionally, that casting won't add to commander tax if you later cast the commander from the command zone.
  2. If your commander isn't in the command zone (or you don't have a commander) as the last ability resolves, nothing happens.
  3. If you have two commanders with the partner ability in the command zone, Command Beacon's effect puts one of your choice into your hand, not both.
  4. If you have two commanders with the partner ability in the command zone, Command Beacon's effect puts one of your choice into your hand, not both.
  5. If you cast a commander from your hand, the additional cost based on the number of times you've cast it from your command zone (sometimes referred to as the "commander tax") doesn't apply. Additionally, that casting won't add to the tax if you later cast the commander from the command zone.
  6. If your commander isn't in the command zone (or you're not playing Commander) as the last ability resolves, nothing happens.

Updated

Command Beacon helps recover a commander whose repeated trips to the command zone have made recasting expensive. It normally provides colorless mana, but tapping and sacrificing it moves your commander from the command zone into your hand. Casting from hand avoids commander tax, which applies to casting from the command zone.

This is useful when a commander is central to the deck and has already been answered several times. The move does not cast the creature for free, and its printed cost still needs to be paid. Sacrificing Beacon also reduces your available lands, so use it when avoiding the accumulated tax is worth more than preserving that mana source.

Land recursion can extend the usefulness of a land-based resource package. Crucible of Worlds permits land plays from the graveyard, while a deck with green can use Life from the Loam to recover several lands to hand. Neither effect supplies unlimited land plays, so repeated use must still fit the turn’s available land allowance and the mana needed for the rest of the sequence.

Recovery is particularly useful for commanders whose printed cost remains manageable but whose accumulated tax is high. Moving the card to hand also changes which interaction can reach it. Hand disruption can now matter, so plan to cast the commander soon instead of leaving the recovered card exposed indefinitely.

Weight 0.0125 lbs
Dimensions 0.0 × 0.0 × 0.0 in
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