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Evacuation

Instant3 generic manaBlue manaBlue mana

Bounce, not death, and at instant speed: that combination is the whole strategic axis. Where a sorcery-speed sweeper waits for your own turn, this resets the table at the end of an opponent's attack, after they have committed their creatures and before combat damage lands, or as a defensive reset that snatches your own threats out from under removal in response. The catch is symmetry. Everything comes back, and temporarily; the player with the cheaper, faster board often rebuilds first. That tension is the card's identity. It rewards tempo decks that can empty their hand again quickly while the opponent is left holding a fistful of expensive creatures they paid for once and must now pay for twice. The same flexibility that saves your team can hand the opponent a free turn to redeploy if you misjudge the window. Returning creatures rather than destroying them also sidesteps the usual sweeper math: it ignores indestructible, dodges death triggers entirely, and strips any auras, counters, and equipment those creatures were carrying. The five-mana cost keeps the effect honest; this is not a cheap panic button but a deliberate reset you build a hand around, holding it until the swing in tempo justifies giving everyone their creatures back.

Evacuation (10e)
10E · #83rare
Pricing
Normal: $1.13
Foil: $18.00
Oracle Text

Rules text

Return all creatures to their owners' hands.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
Legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
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