Price$6.34 – $13.33
Buy on TCGplayerCommand Beacon
Land
LegalRank #182
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, Sacrifice this land: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.
Why is this card good?
Command Beacon is a deceptively powerful piece of fixing for any deck running an expensive or heavily-targeted commander. The key value: it lets you recast your commander from hand, completely sidestepping the commander tax. If your commander has died three times and now costs +6, this resets you to base cost — a massive mana savings that can swing a game.
It shines with high-cost commanders (Zacama, Emrakol-tier bombs) and commanders that get removed repeatedly. It's also great for "cast trigger" commanders where you want to deploy them on a precise turn rather than fighting through escalating tax. Decks like voltron and any build that's commander-dependent love the insurance.
The downside is it's a colorless land that enters for just one fix-it use, then dies. In multicolor decks it strains your mana base, and it does nothing until you actually need to rescue your commander.
Skip it if your commander is cheap, replaceable, or you rarely recast it — the slot is better spent on color-fixing.
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Printings (12)
Played by these commanders
Combos (7)
- Food Chain + Lumra, Bellow of the Woods + Command Beacon + Spelunking
→ Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB, Infinite self-mill
- Food Chain + Lumra, Bellow of the Woods + Command Beacon + Amulet of Vigor
→ Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB, Infinite self-mill
- Food Chain + Lumra, Bellow of the Woods + Command Beacon + Tiller Engine
→ Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB, Infinite self-mill
- Food Chain + Lumra, Bellow of the Woods + Command Beacon + Horizon Explorer
→ Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB, Infinite self-mill
- Titania, Protector of Argoth + Command Beacon + Food Chain
→ Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells, Infinite ETB, Infinite landfall triggers
- Food Chain + Lumra, Bellow of the Woods + Command Beacon + Stone-Seeder Hierophant
→ Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB, Infinite self-mill
Rulings (6)
- 2020-11-10
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.
- 2020-11-10
If your commander isn't in the command zone (or you don't have a commander) as the last ability resolves, nothing happens.
- 2020-11-10
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.
- 2016-11-08
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.
- 2015-11-04
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.
- 2015-11-04
If your commander isn't in the command zone (or you're not playing Commander) as the last ability resolves, nothing happens.