---
name: "Fortunate Few"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "C17"
set_name: "Commander 2017"
collector_number: "4"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jesper Ejsing"
oracle_id: "d732d9b8-dea0-41c4-8cff-67b2b3d36ecb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fortunate-few-c17"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Fortunate Few
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose a nonland permanent you don't control, then each other player chooses a nonland permanent they don't control that hasn't been chosen this way. Destroy all other nonland permanents.

> *"... acabou?"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Whims of the Fates](/printing/whims-of-the-fates-bng.md) — Sorcery
2. [Tragic Arrogance](/printing/tragic-arrogance-ori.md) — Sorcery
3. [Cataclysm](/printing/cataclysm-exo.md) — Sorcery
4. [Balancing Act](/printing/balancing-act-ody.md) — Sorcery
5. [Global Ruin](/printing/global-ruin-inv.md) — Sorcery
6. [Razia's Purification](/printing/razias-purification-rav.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2017 (C17) #4
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jesper Ejsing
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`