Illusionist's Stratagem
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Kaladesh Remastered #53 (uncommon)
Exile up to two target creatures you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.
Draw a card.
Illusionist's Stratagem has 2 printings, first in Aether Revolt (2017). EDHREC ranks it #7,756 among Commander cards. It appears most in Inalla, Archmage Ritualist decks (1,226 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Illusionist's Stratagem most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Inalla, Archmage Ritualist: 1,226 decks
- Vannifar, Evolved Enigma: 1,035 decks
- Yarok, the Desecrated: 1,014 decks
- Naban, Dean of Iteration: 527 decks
- Loot, the Pathfinder: 467 decks
- Cynette, Jelly Drover: 463 decks
- Naru Meha, Master Wizard: 302 decks
- Ambassador Blorpityblorpboop: 243 decks
Often played with Illusionist's Stratagem
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You may cast Illusionist’s Stratagem without any targets if you wish to just draw a card.
- : If each target creature is an illegal target as Illusionist’s Stratagem resolves, the spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t draw a card.
- : 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.
- : If a creature token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and will not return to the battlefield.
- : If you choose two target creatures and one is an illegal target as Illusionist’s Stratagem resolves, you’ll exile the other, return it, and draw a card.