Liberate
Liberate: Instant, Invasion. Exile target creature you control. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Invasion (INV)
- Released
- 2000-10-02
- Collector number
- 21
- Artist
- Alan Pollack
- Commander rank
- 18,021 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Liberate
Liberate is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white instant from Invasion (INV), an expansion set released in October 2000. It is collector number 21 in that set, with art by Alan Pollack. It costs {1}{W} (one generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. Invasion is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.52 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Exile target creature you control. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
"Not everyone gets a second chance." -Hanna
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.52 (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 Liberate by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Liberate.
- The creature returns after “at the beginning of the end step” abilities trigger, so any such abilities on the creature will not trigger this turn.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these card lists
These card lists include Liberate.