Whims of the Fates
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Commander 2016C16 · #139
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.25 € · 0.23 $
- Mana value
- 6
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Starting with you, each player separates all permanents they control into three piles. Then each player chooses one of their piles at random and sacrifices those permanents. (Piles can be empty.)
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Seb McKinnon
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2016-11-11
Rulings
If you put all permanents you control into one pile, you’ll have a two-thirds chance of not having to sacrifice any permanents, but a one-third chance of having to sacrifice all of them.
To choose a pile at random, each pile must have an equal chance of being chosen. There are many ways to do this, including assigning each pile a number and rolling a die.
You may put Auras or Equipment into one pile and the creatures they were attached to into a different pile.
