Leadership Vacuum
Leadership Vacuum: Instant, Commander 2019. Target player returns each commander they control from the battlefield to the command zone. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2019 (C19)
- Released
- 2019-08-23
- Collector number
- 9
- Artist
- Johan Grenier
- Commander rank
- 8,191 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Leadership Vacuum
Leadership Vacuum is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue instant from Commander 2019 (C19), a Commander product released in August 2019. It is collector number 9 in that set, with art by Johan Grenier. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Commander 2019 (2019) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.44 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Target player returns each commander they control from the battlefield to the command zone.
Draw a card.
"While they scramble to fill the sudden vacancy at the top, we strike." -Sedris, the Traitor King
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.44 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Leadership Vacuum 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 Leadership Vacuum
Leadership Vacuum has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #C19-9 | Uncommon | 2026 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Leadership Vacuum, newest first.
- The "commander tax" increases based on how many times a commander was cast from the command zone, not how many times it was put there as a result of Commander rules. The returned commander will cost more to cast again even though it was put directly into the command zone.
- Leadership Vacuum targets the player, not their creatures. A commander with hexproof or protection from blue may be returned this way.
- You'll draw a card even if the target player controls no commanders as Leadership Vacuum resolves.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Leadership Vacuum is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.