Illusionist's Stratagem
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This printing
SetAER
Collector #36
Released2017-01-20
Rarityuncommon
ArtistSvetlin Velinov
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Illusionist's Stratagem

UncommonColour IDMV 4
Instant
Exile up to two target creatures you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.
Draw a card.
Card capabilities
Card drawInstant
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2020-11-12Newest 2020-11-12
Rulings (5)
wotc9 Feb 2017
If each target creature is an illegal target as Illusionist’s Stratagem resolves, the spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t draw a card.
wotc9 Feb 2017
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.
wotc9 Feb 2017
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.
wotc9 Feb 2017
If a creature token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and will not return to the battlefield.
wotc9 Feb 2017
You may cast Illusionist’s Stratagem without any targets if you wish to just draw a card.