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Abduction

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, untap enchanted creature.
You control enchanted creature.
When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
World Championship Decks 1997
Price
$1.03
EDHREC rank
#18419
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Abduction card art
Abduction steals a creature and hands you full control of it — until the enchantment leaves the battlefield, at which point the original owner gets it back and untaps it. That return clause is the cost, and it's real, but the Iridescent Drake loop sidesteps it entirely by bouncing Abduction before its host dies.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the correct home for Abduction — four-mana theft that permanently destabilizes a board state is worth a slot in blue control and theft-matters builds, and the multiplayer context means you can often swing the stolen creature into its original owner before Abduction ever leaves play. Legacy and Vintage are legal but uninterested; dedicated theft effects there either cost less or do more without the return clause. Abduction is a non-factor in Standard, Modern, Pioneer, and Pauper by legality or power-level irrelevance.

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Price Context

Current price

$1.03 cheap tier

At $1.03, Abduction sits in budget territory — easy to acquire, no financial barrier to testing. It's a casual staple with a narrow enough role that demand is unlikely to move the price significantly in either direction.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.