Return to Dust
Reprinted in Star Trek Commander (TRC), releasing November 13, 2026.
Return to Dust: Instant, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. Exile target artifact or enchantment. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}{W}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
- Released
- 2024-09-27
- Collector number
- 102
- Artist
- Anato Finnstark
- Commander rank
- 1,538 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Return to Dust
Return to Dust is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white instant from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 102 in that set, with art by Anato Finnstark. It costs {2}{W}{W} (two generic and two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander and PreDH. It has been printed in 19 sets, from Time Spiral (2006) to Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Exile target artifact or enchantment. If you cast this spell during your main phase, you may exile up to one other target artifact or enchantment.
Some timelines forever fray, branch, and intermingle. Others end abruptly.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (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 Return to Dust by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Return to Dust
Return to Dust has been printed in 19 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Star Trek Commander (TRC) #427 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #129 | Common | 2026 |
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #250 | Common | 2026 |
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #8 | Common | 2026 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #136 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #211 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #802 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #52 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #628 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #202 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Midnight Hunt Commander (MIC) #92 | Uncommon | 2021 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) #100 | Uncommon | 2021 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Return to Dust, newest first.
- Return to Dust can always target a second artifact or enchantment; it just won't exile it if it's not your main phase when you cast Return to Dust.
- If a spell or ability copies Return to Dust, the copy exiles only the first target artifact or enchantment. This is because the copy wasn't cast at all.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
More cards from Star Trek Commander
In these precons
Return to Dust is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.