Semester's End

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Semester's End: Instant, Commander Masters. Exile any number of target creatures and/or planeswalkers you control. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{W}
Mana value
4
Type
Instant
Colour identity
White (W)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander Masters (CMM)
Released
2023-08-04
Collector number
834
Artist
Alayna Danner
Commander rank
2,688 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Semester's End

Semester's End is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white instant from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 834 in that set, with art by Alayna Danner. It costs {3}{W} (three generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Strixhaven: School of Mages (2021) to Commander Masters (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.43 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Exile any number of target creatures and/or planeswalkers you control. At the beginning of the next end step, return each of them to the battlefield under its owner's control. Each of them enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature and an additional loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.43 (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 Semester's End by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Semester's End

Semester's End has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #204Rare2023
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #89986Rare2021
Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos (PSTX) #27pRare2021
Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos (PSTX) #27sRare2021
Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #27Rare2021
Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #292Rare2021

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Semester's End.

  • Use the characteristics of each permanent as it returns to the battlefield to determine if it should enter with an additional +1/+1 counter, an additional loyalty counter, or in very unusual cases, both. Notably, if you exile a creature that was only a creature because of a type-changing effect, it will enter as a noncreature permanent and won't get any additional +1/+1 counters from the effect of Semester's End.

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Semester's End is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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