Illusionist's Stratagem
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Aether RevoltAER · #36
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.36 € · ★ 2.16 € · 0.41 $ · ★ 1.54 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Exile up to two target creatures you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control. Draw a card.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Svetlin Velinov
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2017-01-20
Flavour text
"When everything hangs on a single moment, be sure you choose the right moment." —Jace Beleren
Rulings
Each card that returns to the battlefield will be a new object with no connection to the creature that was exiled. It won’t be in combat or have any additional abilities it may have had when it was exiled. Any +1/+1 counters on it or Auras attached to it are removed, and any Equipment will no longer be attached.
If a creature token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and will not return to the battlefield.
If each target creature is an illegal target as Illusionist’s Stratagem resolves, the spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t draw a card.
If you choose two target creatures and one is an illegal target as Illusionist’s Stratagem resolves, you’ll exile the other, return it, and draw a card.
You may cast Illusionist’s Stratagem without any targets if you wish to just draw a card.
