Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary: Sorcery, Zendikar Rising. Return target card from your graveyard to your hand. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Zendikar Rising (ZNR)
- Released
- 2020-09-25
- Collector number
- 180
- Artist
- Lucas Staniec
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About Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon green sorcery from Zendikar Rising (ZNR), an expansion set released in September 2020. It is collector number 180 in that set, with art by Lucas Staniec. It costs {2}{G} (two generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Zendikar Rising (2020) to Pioneer Masters (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $7.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
"Always have a backup plan." -Doral, Bala Ged guide
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $7.24 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Masters (PIO) #165 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| The List (PLST) #ZNR-180 | Uncommon | 2023 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary, newest first.
- In the Commander variant, a double-faced card’s color identity is determined by the mana costs and mana symbols in the rules text of both faces combined. If either face has a color indicator or basic land type, those are also considered.
- If an effect allows you to play a land or cast a spell from among a group of cards, you may play or cast a modal double-faced card with any face that fits the criteria of that effect.
- A modal double-faced card can’t be transformed or be put onto the battlefield transformed. Ignore any instruction to transform a modal double-faced card or to put one onto the battlefield transformed.
- To determine whether it is legal to play a modal double-faced card, consider only the characteristics of the face you’re playing and ignore the other face’s characteristics.
- The mana value of a modal double-faced card is based on the characteristics of the face that’s being considered. On the stack and battlefield, consider whichever face is up. In all other zones, consider only the front face. This is different than how the mana value of a transforming double-faced card is determined.
- If an effect puts a double-faced card onto the battlefield, it enters with its front face up. If that front face can’t be put onto the battlefield, it doesn’t enter the battlefield.
- There is a single triangle icon in the top left corner of the front face. There is a double triangle icon in the top left corner of the back face.
- If an effect allows you to play a specific modal double-faced card, you may cast it as a spell or play it as a land, as determined by which face you choose to play. If an effect allows you to cast (rather than “play”) a specific modal double-faced card, you can’t play it as a land.
Similar cards
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