If the creature leaves the battlefield, the exiled card will no longer be encoded on any creature. It will stay exiled.
Hands of Binding
The spell with cipher is encoded on the creature as part of that spell's resolution, just after the spell's other effects. That card goes directly from the stack to exile. It never goes to the graveyard.
You choose the creature as the spell resolves. The cipher ability doesn't target that creature, although the spell with cipher may target that creature (or a different creature) because of its other abilities.
Last observed at $0.13, up from $0.12 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.21 across 33 observations. Headline volatility reads moderate. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 16 hours ago at $0.13.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from GTC — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
This card belongs to *Gatecrash* (released February 2013).
Card #37 in Gatecrash.
Rarity tier: common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume.
Card type: Sorcery. Color identity: blue. Mana cost: {1}{U} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Cipher.
Legal in Tlr, Duel, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, and Pioneer.
EDHrec ranks this card #15,275 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Raymond Swanland.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Raymond Swanland
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