Into the Roil

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Into the Roil: Instant, Commander Legends. Kicker 1U. Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, draw a card. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}
Mana value
2
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Common
Set
Commander Legends (CMR)
Released
2020-11-20
Collector number
397
Artist
Kieran Yanner
Commander rank
5,375 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Kicker

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About Into the Roil

Into the Roil is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue instant from Commander Legends (CMR), a draft-focused set released in November 2020. It is collector number 397 in that set, with art by Kieran Yanner. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Zendikar (2009) to Foundations (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Kicker {1}{U} (You may pay an additional {1}{U} as you cast this spell.)

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, draw a card.

"Roil tide! Roil tide! Tie yourselves down!"

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Into the Roil by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Into the Roil

Into the Roil has been printed in 9 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Foundations (FDN) #509Common2024
Zendikar Rising (ZNR) #387Common2020
Zendikar Rising (ZNR) #62Common2020
Commander 2018 (C18) #92Common2018
Commander 2017 (C17) #86Common2017
Commander 2014 (C14) #115Common2014
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska (DDM) #23Common2014
Salvat 2011 (PS11) #39Common2011
Zendikar (ZEN) #48Common2009

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Into the Roil, newest first.

  • The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
  • If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
  • If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
  • If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
  • To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
  • If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.
  • If the target nonland permanent is an illegal target by the time Into the Roil tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't draw a card if it was kicked.
  • If the targeted permanent is an illegal target by the time Into the Roil resolves, the entire spell doesn't resolve. You don't draw a card.

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