Familiar's Ruse
Familiar's Ruse: Instant, Modern Masters 2017. As an additional cost to cast this spell, return a creature you control to its owner's hand. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Modern Masters 2017 (MM3)
- Released
- 2017-03-17
- Collector number
- 37
- Artist
- Eric Fortune
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About Familiar's Ruse
Familiar's Ruse is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue instant from Modern Masters 2017 (MM3), a Masters set released in March 2017. It is collector number 37 in that set, with art by Eric Fortune. It costs {U}{U} (two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Lorwyn (2007) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.61 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.
Counter target spell.
Because of their capricious nature, faeries can serve as living lenses for disruptive magic.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.61 (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 Familiar's Ruse by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Familiar's Ruse
Familiar's Ruse has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #LRW-64 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Lorwyn (LRW) #64 | Uncommon | 2007 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Familiar's Ruse.
- Familiar’s Ruse can’t be cast without a target spell. It can’t target itself.
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