Leadership Vacuum
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Commander 2019C19 · #9
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.36 € · 0.40 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Target player returns each commander they control from the battlefield to the command zone. Draw a card.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Johan Grenier
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2019-08-23
Flavour text
"While they scramble to fill the sudden vacancy at the top, we strike." —Sedris, the Traitor King
Rulings
Leadership Vacuum targets the player, not their creatures. A commander with hexproof or protection from blue may be returned this way.
The "commander tax" increases based on how many times a commander was cast from the command zone, not how many times it was put there as a result of Commander rules. The returned commander will cost more to cast again even though it was put directly into the command zone.
You'll draw a card even if the target player controls no commanders as Leadership Vacuum resolves.