Upheaval
Upheaval: Sorcery, Modern Horizons 2. Return all permanents to their owners' hands. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2 (MH2)
- Released
- 2021-06-18
- Collector number
- 270
- Artist
- Kev Walker
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About Upheaval
Upheaval is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue sorcery from Modern Horizons 2 (MH2), a draft-focused set released in June 2021. It is collector number 270 in that set, with art by Kev Walker. It costs {4}{U}{U} (four generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Duel Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It is banned in Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Odyssey (2001) to Modern Horizons 2 (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Return all permanents to their owners' hands.
The calm comes after the storm.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.30 (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 Upheaval by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Banned |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Banned |
| PreDH | Banned |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Upheaval
Upheaval has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| From the Vault: Annihilation (V14) #13 | Mythic | 2014 |
| Vintage Masters (VMA) #100 | Mythic | 2014 |
| World Championship Decks 2002 (WC02) #cr113 | Rare | 2002 |
| Odyssey (ODY) #113 | Rare | 2001 |
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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