Slip Out the Back

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Slip Out the Back: Instant, Ravnica: Clue Edition. Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It phases out. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{U}
Mana value
1
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Ravnica: Clue Edition (CLU)
Released
2024-02-23
Collector number
99
Artist
Zara Alfonso
Commander rank
1,104 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Slip Out the Back

Slip Out the Back is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue instant from Ravnica: Clue Edition (CLU), a draft-focused set released in February 2024. It is collector number 99 in that set, with art by Zara Alfonso. It costs {U} (one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 4 sets, from The List (2020) to Ravnica: Clue Edition (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $5.53 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until its controller's next turn.)

"I was never here."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $5.53 (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 Slip Out the Back by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

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

Other printings of Slip Out the Back

Slip Out the Back has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #CLU-99Uncommon2026
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #7115Rare2026
Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #62Uncommon2022

Official rulings

Seven official rulings apply to Slip Out the Back, newest first.

  • An attacking or blocking creature that phases out is removed from combat.
  • Phased-out permanents are treated as though they don't exist. They can't be the target of spells or abilities, their static abilities have no effect on the game, their triggered abilities can't trigger, they can't attack or block, and so on.
  • Permanents phase back in during their controller's untap step, immediately before that player untaps their permanents. Creatures that phase in this way are able to attack and pay a cost of {T} during that turn. If a permanent had counters on it when it phased out, it will have those counters when it phases back in.
  • Phasing out doesn't cause any “leaves the battlefield” abilities to trigger. Similarly, phasing in won't cause any “enters the battlefield” abilities to trigger.
  • Choices made for permanents as they entered the battlefield are remembered when they phase in.
  • As a creature is phased out, Auras and Equipment attached to it also phase out at the same time. Those Auras and Equipment will phase in at the same time that creature does, and they'll phase in still attached to that creature.
  • Any continuous effects with a “for as long as” duration, such as that of Extraction Specialist, ignore phased-out objects. If ignoring those objects causes the effect's conditions to no longer be met, the duration will expire.

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