New Way Forward
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}{R}{W}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm #211 (rare)
- Price
- $0.27 USD
The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. When damage is prevented this way, New Way Forward deals that much damage to that source's controller and you draw that many cards.
New Way Forward has 4 printings, first in Tarkir: Dragonstorm (2025). EDHREC ranks it #11,248 among Commander cards. It appears most in Shiko and Narset, Unified decks (1,201 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run New Way Forward most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Shiko and Narset, Unified: 1,201 decks
- Pramikon, Sky Rampart: 488 decks
- Ruhan of the Fomori: 262 decks
- Narset, Jeskai Waymaster: 253 decks
- The Archimandrite: 246 decks
- Gandalf of the Secret Fire: 212 decks
- Elsha of the Infinite: 192 decks
- Zurgo and Ojutai: 88 decks
Often played with New Way Forward
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : New Way Forward doesn’t target any permanent or player. You choose a source as New Way Forward resolves.
- : If another effect (or effects) modifies how much damage the chosen source would deal to you this turn, you choose the order in which any such effects, including the effect of New Way Forward, apply.