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Familiar's Ruse
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
LorwynLRW · #64
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.57 € · ★ 2.92 € · 0.85 $ · ★ 11.30 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, return a creature you control to its owner's hand. Counter target spell.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Eric Fortune
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2007-10-12
Flavour text
Because of their capricious nature, faeries can serve as living lenses for disruptive magic.
Rulings
Familiar’s Ruse can’t be cast without a target spell. It can’t target itself.
