1 – 20 of 72 cards where the text includes “return” and the text includes “to the battlefield” and the card types include “instant”
Abnormal Endurance {1}{B}
Instant
Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains “When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner’s control.”
Tenacity prevails when hopes die.
Illustrated by Tomasz Jedruszek
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Acrobatic Maneuver {2}{W}
Instant
Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner’s control.
Draw a card.
Renegades find ever more creative ways to work around the Consulate’s aether regulations.
Illustrated by Winona Nelson
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Aethermage's Touch {2}{W}{U}
Instant
Reveal the top four cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield. It gains “At the beginning of your end step, return this creature to its owner’s hand.” Then put the rest of the cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order.
Illustrated by Randy Gallegos
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Back for More {4}{B}{G}
Instant
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. When you do, it fights up to one target creature you don’t control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
“How can you be sure you pierced its heart? Do you even know where its heart is?”
—Trundan, Indatha poacher
Illustrated by Daarken
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Betrayal of Flesh {5}{B}
Instant
Choose one —
• Destroy target creature.
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Entwine—Sacrifice three lands. (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)
Illustrated by Wayne England
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Black Sun's Twilight {X}{B}
Instant
Up to one target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. If X is 5 or more, return a creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
“Where once there was complacence, Sheoldred brought ambition, and soon the will of Yawgmoth reigned.”
—Monument inscription
Illustrated by Jonas De Ro
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Blur {2}{U}
Instant
Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner’s control.
Draw a card.
“It’s as much of a trick of the mind as it is a trick of the eye.”
Illustrated by Dave Greco
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Brokers' Safeguard {W}{U}
Instant
Exile target nonartifact creature you control. It perpetually gains “This creature enters the battlefield with an additional shield counter on it.” Then return that card to the battlefield under its owner’s control.
Illustrated by Borja Pindado
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Not Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Not Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Not Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Not Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Brought Back {W}{W}
Instant
Choose up to two target permanent cards in your graveyard that were put there from the battlefield this turn. Return them to the battlefield tapped.
“As long as your courage remains, your life will not falter.”
—Sephara, Sky’s Blade
Illustrated by Mitchell Malloy
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Cauldron Dance {4}{B}{R}
Instant
Cast this spell only during combat.
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Return it to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.
You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Its controller sacrifices it at the beginning of the next end step.
Illustrated by Donato Giancola
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Cloudshift {W}
Instant
Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.
“Even storm clouds bow to worship Avacyn.”
—Elder Rimheit
Illustrated by Howard Lyon
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Corpse Dance {2}{B}
Instant
Buyback {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Return the top creature card of your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste until end of turn. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
Illustrated by Brian Snõddy
Part of the Reserved List
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Cosmic Intervention {3}{W}
Instant
If a permanent you control would be put into a graveyard from the battlefield this turn, exile it instead. Return it to the battlefield under its owner’s control at the beginning of the next end step.
Foretell {1}{W} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
Watermark: Foretell
Illustrated by Alexander Mokhov
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Cosmic Intervention, KHC #3 |
| Foretell Card, TKHM #23 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaldheim Commander | $3.05 | €2.75 | 14.49 |
Deadly Plot {3}{B}
Instant
Choose one —
• Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
• Return target Zombie creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
“Open grave available, only one previous tenant.”
—Sign on cemetery gate
Illustrated by Peter Polach
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Demonic Gifts {1}{B}
Instant
Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains “When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield under its owner’s control.”
It began as a flavor on the tongue, like a bloody morsel of roast boar—but soon the power was a conflagration in her veins.
Illustrated by Kekai Kotaki
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Desecrate Reality {7}
Instant
For each opponent, exile up to one target permanent that player controls with an even mana value. (Zero is even.)
Adamant — If at least three colorless mana was spent to cast this spell, return a permanent card with an odd mana value from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Illustrated by Eli Minaya
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Disorder in the Court {X}{W}{U}
Instant
Exile X target creatures, then investigate X times. Return the exiled cards to the battlefield tapped under their owners’ control at the beginning of the next end step. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It’s an artifact with “{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.”)
Illustrated by Zoltan Boros
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Clue Token, TMKM #18 |
| Disorder in the Court, MKC #209 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander | $0.17 | €0.27 | 3.68 |
| Crimson Vow Commander #29 | $0.29 | €0.53 | |
| Crimson Vow Commander #67 | $1.19 | €1.06 | |
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Displace {2}{U}
Instant
Exile up to two target creatures you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under their owner’s control.
“I’ll see you soon, Subjects 25 and 26. I’ve got a good feeling this time!”
Illustrated by Clint Cearley
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Eerie Interlude {2}{W}
Instant
Exile any number of target creatures you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner’s control at the beginning of the next end step.
The barrier between existence and oblivion is thinner than you know.
Illustrated by Svetlin Velinov
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Ephemerate {W}
Instant
Exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner’s control.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Illustrated by Bastien L. Deharme
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal