Praetor's Grasp
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{B}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop #1861 (rare)
- Price
- $11.79 USD
Search target opponent's library for a card and exile it face down. Then that player shuffles. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled.
Praetor's Grasp has 3 printings, first in New Phyrexia (2011). EDHREC ranks it #1,731 among Commander cards. It appears most in K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth decks (4,496 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Praetor's Grasp most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth: 4,496 decks
- Y'shtola, Night's Blessed: 3,041 decks
- Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin: 2,366 decks
- Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin: 2,173 decks
- Kraum, Ludevic's Opus // Tymna the Weaver: 1,992 decks
- Gonti, Canny Acquisitor: 1,972 decks
- Prosper, Tome-Bound: 1,756 decks
- Talion, the Kindly Lord: 1,720 decks
Often played with Praetor's Grasp
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Playing a card exiled with Praetor’s Grasp follows all the normal rules for playing that card. You must pay its costs, and you must follow all timing restrictions, for example.
- : Other players, including the card’s owner, can’t look at the card while it remains exiled.