MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #53

Illusionist's Stratagem

DIGITAL ONLY

klr·#53·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Svetlin Velinov

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Nov '20

5 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #7,280 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Instant

Exile up to two target creatures you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control. Draw a card.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 5

2017-02-09wotc

You may cast Illusionist’s Stratagem without any targets if you wish to just draw a card.

2017-02-09wotc

If each target creature is an illegal target as Illusionist’s Stratagem resolves, the spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t draw a card.

2017-02-09wotc

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.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from KLR — the lineup includes 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.

Card #53 of *Kaladesh Remastered*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2020 Kaladesh Remastered release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {3}{U} (4 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #7,280 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Svetlin Velinov. Rarix catalogs 1,535 other cards credited to this artist.