Return to Dust

Mana cost: {2}{W}{W}
Type: Instant
Set: Commander Legends #623 (uncommon)
Price: $0.37 USD

Exile target artifact or enchantment. If you cast this spell during your main phase, you may exile up to one other target artifact or enchantment.

Return to Dust has 25 printings, first in Time Spiral (2006). EDHREC ranks it #1,668 among Commander cards. It appears most in Edgar Markov decks (4,227 on EDHREC). 15 public decks on TCG run it. It has 2 official rulings.

Legality

commander: legal
legacy: legal
vintage: legal
pauper: legal
modern: legal
pioneer: not legal
standard: not legal
brawl: not legal

Public decks that run Return to Dust

Arm for Battle - Commander Legends, led by Wyleth, Soul of Steel
Blast from the Past - Doctor Who, led by Sarah Jane Smith
Blood Rites - The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander, led by Clavileño, First of the Blessed
Cavalry Charge - March of the Machine Commander, led by Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
Coven Counters - Midnight Hunt Commander, led by Leinore, Autumn Sovereign
Forged in Stone - Commander 2014, led by Nahiri, the Lithomancer
Heavenly Inferno - Commander 2011, led by Kaalia of the Vast
Heavenly Inferno - Commander Anthology, led by Kaalia of the Vast
Klingon Fury - Star Trek Commander, led by Worf, Defiant Commander
Lorehold Legacies - Commander 2021, led by Osgir, the Reconstructor
Miracle Worker - Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander, led by Aminatou, Veil Piercer
Phantom Premonition - Kaldheim Commander, led by Ranar the Ever-Watchful
Subjective Reality - Commander 2018, led by Aminatou, the Fateshifter
Vampiric Bloodlust - Commander 2017, led by Edgar Markov
We Are The Borg - Star Trek Commander, led by The Borg Queen

Commanders that run Return to Dust most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

Edgar Markov: 4,227 decks
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir: 4,203 decks
Aminatou, Veil Piercer: 3,289 decks
Clavileño, First of the Blessed: 3,199 decks
Giada, Font of Hope: 3,127 decks
Kaalia of the Vast: 2,296 decks
Ketramose, the New Dawn: 1,411 decks
Ranar the Ever-Watchful: 1,407 decks

Often played with Return to Dust

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

Rulings

2021-03-19: Return to Dust can always target a second artifact or enchantment; it just won't exile it if it's not your main phase when you cast Return to Dust.
2021-03-19: If a spell or ability copies Return to Dust, the copy exiles only the first target artifact or enchantment. This is because the copy wasn't cast at all.