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◇ Catalog #18

Surprise Deployment

pls·#18·uncommon·foil

Illus. Bradley Williams

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Feb '01

25 yr ago

Value

$8.27+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $8.56 · low $7.80

NM$8.27

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$7.64–$8.73modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $8.27low $0.04range 20575.0%n 49

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #27,918 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$8.27

Nonfoil$0.35

Gameplay

Instant

Cast this spell only during combat. You may put a nonwhite creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. At the beginning of the next end step, return that creature to your hand. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHlegal

Rulings · 1

2007-05-01wotc

Putting the card onto the battlefield is optional. When the ability resolves, you can choose not to.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $8.27. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $8.27 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from PLS — 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.

Card #18 of *Planeshift*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2001 Planeshift release.

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

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #27,918 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Bradley Williams. Rarix catalogs 94 other cards credited to this artist.