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Acrobatic Maneuver

Instant

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
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CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
Jumpstart 2022
Price
$0.26
EDHREC rank
#5559
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Acrobatic Maneuver card art
Acrobatic Maneuver flickers a creature you control, replaces itself with a card draw, and costs three mana at instant speed — that's a lot of work for one line of text. In decks built around enters-the-battlefield triggers, particularly Preston, the Vanisher and Zidane, Tantalus Thief, the cantrip almost makes the flicker free in terms of card economy.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Zidane, Tantalus Thief

Zidane, Tantalus Thief

36.9% of decks · synergy 0.36

Zidane, Tantalus Thief turns every flicker into a theft opportunity, and Acrobatic Maneuver lets you reset Zidane at instant speed to snag another card from an opponent's hand the same turn you protect him from a removal spell.

04
Preston, the Vanisher

Preston, the Vanisher

20.5% of decks · synergy 0.19

Preston, the Vanisher creates an Illusion token whenever a non-token creature phases out or leaves, so Acrobatic Maneuver generates a free token while drawing a card — two triggers for three mana is the exact rate Preston decks are hunting.

05
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's WardCandlekeep Sage

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Candlekeep Sage

15.2% of decks · synergy 0.14

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Candlekeep Sage exiles its own permanents on entry, and flickering Abdel with Acrobatic Maneuver resets the whole exile pile while leaving you up a card.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Acrobatic Maneuver is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, though it only earns a regular slot in Commander and Pauper. In Commander, three mana at instant speed for a flicker plus a cantrip is exactly the rate ETB-centric decks want — you're not paying a premium for the draw, it's baked in. In Pauper, the common designation matters: flicker effects at this price point are scarce, and the cantrip makes it competitive with other options in the format. In Modern and Pioneer, three mana is too slow for a reactive flicker spell when cheaper or more efficient options exist, so Acrobatic Maneuver rarely makes those 60-card lists.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

1,687 decks
Preston, the VanisherFelidar GuardianAcrobatic Maneuver

Preston, the VanisherFelidar GuardianAcrobatic Maneuver

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite blinking of permanents; Infinite mana lands you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produce; Exile all nonland permanents opponents control; Infinite mana lands you control can produce

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Price Context

Current price

$0.26 bulk tier

At $0.26, Acrobatic Maneuver is bulk — you're not making a financial decision here, you're making a deckbuilding one. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point don't fluctuate meaningfully, so pick up as many copies as you need without a second thought.

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