Back in Town
Back in Town: Sorcery, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander. Return X target outlaw creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {X}{2}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
- Released
- 2024-04-19
- Collector number
- 18
- Artist
- Greg Staples
- Commander rank
- 4,567 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Back in Town
Back in Town is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black sorcery from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC), a Commander product released in April 2024. It is collector number 18 in that set, with art by Greg Staples. It costs {X}{2}{B} (X, two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.36 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Return X target outlaw creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws.)
"Well, there's a good day's work ruined." -Erin Nath, Omenport gravedigger
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.36 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Back in Town by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Back in Town
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #54 | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Back in Town, newest first.
- Outlaw is not a creature type. If an effect asks you to choose a creature type, you can’t choose outlaw.
- A card, spell, or permanent is an outlaw if it has the Assassin, Mercenary, Pirate, Rogue, or Warlock creature type. It doesn’t matter if it has more than one of those creature types; as long as it has at least one, it’s an outlaw.
- If an ability refers to an outlaw or whether a player controls an outlaw, it’s referring only to permanents with one or more of the creature types specified above. Notably, it’s not referring to any spell or card not on the battlefield. However, other abilities may refer to an “outlaw spell” or “outlaw card” in a zone other than the battlefield. Those abilities refer to spells and cards with one or more of the specified creature types.
Similar cards
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In these precons
Back in Town is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.