Prismari Command is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Choose two — • Prismari Command deals 2 damage to any target. • Target player draws two cards, then discards two cards. • Target player creates a Treasure token. • Destroy target artifact.
Complete guide
Prismari Command is a {1}{U}{R} instant that combines two effects from a four-mode menu. Its flexibility rewards careful choices, especially when opponents can respond by removing one of its targets.
What It Does
Choose exactly two different modes as you cast Prismari Command: deal 2 damage to any target; have a target player draw two cards, then discard two cards; have a target player create a Treasure token; or destroy a target artifact. “Any target” means a player, creature, planeswalker, or battle—not just any permanent. Each chosen mode requires an appropriate target. You may target the same player with both player-targeting modes, or the same artifact creature with both the damage and artifact-destruction modes. The draw-and-discard mode helps change the contents of a hand, but does not normally increase its size. Treasure is an artifact token with “{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.”
How It Resolves, Step by Step
First, announce your two modes and their targets while casting Prismari Command, then pay its cost. Players may respond before it resolves. When it tries to resolve, check its targets again. If all its targets are illegal, it does nothing and is put into its owner's graveyard. If at least one is still legal, it resolves and does as much as it can, without affecting illegal targets. Carry out the selected modes in their printed order, not an order you choose. No player gets priority between modes. Example 1 — Draw, discard, then make Treasure: Choose the draw-and-discard mode and the Treasure mode, targeting yourself with both. On resolution, draw two cards, discard two cards, then create a Treasure token. You cannot sacrifice that new Treasure during the earlier draw-and-discard instruction; it does not exist yet. Once you have priority afterward, you can activate its mana ability.
Common Mistakes and Responses
You cannot choose one mode twice, change your modes after seeing a response, or select an unchosen mode as a replacement if a target becomes illegal. The draw-and-discard mode also does not let you discard first: the targeted player draws two, then discards two, doing as much as possible if they have fewer than two cards to discard. Example 2 — An opponent sacrifices the targeted Treasure: Choose the damage mode targeting your opponent and the artifact-destruction mode targeting their Treasure. In response, they tap and sacrifice that Treasure to add one mana of any color. When Prismari Command resolves, the Treasure target is illegal, but the opponent is still a legal target. The Command deals 2 damage to that opponent and destroys nothing. Example 3 — Counterspell answers the whole spell: Cast Prismari Command choosing to draw and discard and to create Treasure, targeting yourself. An opponent responds with Counterspell targeting Prismari Command. If Counterspell resolves and counters it, Prismari Command goes to its owner's graveyard without resolving. You neither draw nor discard cards, and you create no Treasure.
When to Play It
As an instant, Prismari Command can be cast whenever you have priority, including during an opponent's turn. Choose the pair of effects that addresses the current situation: damage plus artifact destruction can answer threats, while drawing and discarding plus Treasure can improve your hand and prepare mana for a later play. Example 4 — Chaos Warp removes the shared target: Choose the damage and artifact-destruction modes, both targeting the same opposing artifact creature. Its controller responds with Chaos Warp targeting that creature. If Chaos Warp resolves, its owner shuffles the creature into their library, reveals the top card, and puts that card onto the battlefield if it is a permanent card. Prismari Command's original target has left the battlefield, so both of its targets are now illegal and it does nothing. Even if Chaos Warp puts that same card back onto the battlefield, it is a new object and is not the Command's target. Targeting different objects or players can leave you with a useful effect if one target disappears. Targeting a single permanent with both modes instead risks losing both effects to one response.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Prismari Command
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If all of Prismari Command's targets are illegal as it tries to resolve, it will do nothing.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If at least one target is still legal as Prismari Command tries to resolve, it will resolve and do as much as it can.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
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Arcane Bombardment + Prismari Command + Return the Favor
- 1Cast any other instant or sorcery by paying its mana cost, triggering Arcane Bombardment.
- 2Holding priority, cast Return the Favor by paying
and then choosing to pay an additional 
to select its first mode, copying the Arcane Bombardment trigger. - 3Resolve the copy of the Arcane Bombardment trigger, exiling Return the Favor from your graveyard and then copying Return the Favor, Prismari Command and all other cards exiled by Arcane Bombardment, and allowing you to cast those copies without paying their mana costs.
- 4As you cast the Return the Favor copy, choose to pay an additional to select its first mode, targeting the Arcane Bombardment trigger.
- 5Resolve the copy of Prismari Command, creating a Treasure token and choosing any other mode.
- 6Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 7Resolve the copy of Return the Favor, copying the Arcane Bombardment trigger.
- 8Repeat from step 3.
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