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Word of Command
RareReserved listColour IDMV 2
Instant
Look at target opponent's hand and choose a card from it. You control that player until Word of Command finishes resolving. The player plays that card if able. While doing so, the player can activate mana abilities only if they're from lands that player controls and only if mana they produce is spent to activate other mana abilities of lands the player controls and/or to play that card. If the chosen card is cast as a spell, you control the player while that spell is resolving.
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Instant
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7 other English printingsEarliest 1993-08-05Newest 2022-11-28Cheapest priced $59.00 in CEI
Rulings (12)
wotc13 Jul 2016
While controlling another player, you can see all cards in the game that player can see. This includes cards in that player's hand, face-down cards that player controls, and any cards in that player's library the player may look at.
wotc13 Jul 2016
Controlling a player doesn't allow you to look at that player's sideboard. If an effect instructs that player to choose a card from outside the game, you can't have that player choose any card.
wotc1 Jan 2011
Your opponent can't counter the Word of Command after letting you look at their hand, but they can attempt to counter the spell you force them to cast.
wotc1 Jan 2011
You control the player while this spell is resolving, which means you get to see anything they can see. If that player is required to search their library as part of playing the card or as part of its resolution if it's cast as a spell, then you can see the cards in that player's library as well.
wotc1 Jan 2011
You must order your opponent to play the chosen card if it is possible to do so.
wotc1 Jan 2011
During the resolution of this spell, that player plays the chosen card.
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