---
name: "Verdant Command"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "MH2"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 2"
collector_number: "359"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mark Poole"
oracle_id: "5a5d426b-e5eb-44f0-b5fe-c258bec6d59e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/verdant-command-mh2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Verdant Command
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose two —
• Target player creates two tapped 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens.
• Counter target loyalty ability of a planeswalker.
• Exile target card from a graveyard.
• Target player gains 3 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rootcast Apprenticeship](/printing/rootcast-apprenticeship-blc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Wrenn and One](/printing/wrenn-and-one-mb2.md) — Land Planeswalker — Wrenn
3. [Verdant Confluence](/printing/verdant-confluence-pz1.md) — Sorcery
4. [Squirrel Wrangler](/printing/squirrel-wrangler-pcy.md) — Creature — Human Druid
5. [Titania's Command](/printing/titanias-command-pbro.md) — Sorcery
6. [The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl](/printing/the-unbeatable-squirrel-girl-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Squirrel Human Hero

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #359
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mark Poole
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

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