Unauthorized Exit
Unauthorized Exit: Instant, Murders at Karlov Manor. Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Surveil 1. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM)
- Released
- 2024-02-09
- Collector number
- 74
- Artist
- Andreas Zafiratos
- Commander rank
- 9,933 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Surveil
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About Unauthorized Exit
Unauthorized Exit is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue instant from Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM), an expansion set released in February 2024. It is collector number 74 in that set, with art by Andreas Zafiratos. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. Murders at Karlov Manor is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.20 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Proft had never been a by-the-book investigator, but even he never expected to find himself breaking a notorious assassin out of a maximum-security Azorius holding cell.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.20 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Unauthorized Exit by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Unauthorized Exit
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #298 | Common | 2024 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Unauthorized Exit.
- If the target nonland permanent is an illegal target as Unauthorized Exit tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't surveil 1.
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