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Cowardice
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Eighth Edition8ED · #71★
- Card type
- Enchantment
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- ★ 2.53 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Whenever a creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, return that creature to its owner's hand. (It won't be affected by the spell or ability.)
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- 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
- Scott M. Fischer
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2003-07-28
Flavour text
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once." —William Shakespeare, *Julius Caesar*
