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Banishing Knack

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature gains "{T}: Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand."

CMC
1
Mana cost
{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
common
Set
Eventide
Price
$3.46
EDHREC rank
#6898
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Banishing Knack card art
Banishing Knack turns any creature into a repeatable bounce engine for a single blue mana — the payoff is enormous, the cost is a one-mana instant. The reason it shows up in combo lists rather than fair decks is that commanders like Rona, Herald of Invasion and Valley Floodcaller can chain bounces into an infinite loop the same turn you cast it.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Rona, Herald of Invasion

19.4% of decks · synergy 0.19

Rona, Herald of Invasion is the premier Banishing Knack home because Rona taps to loot whenever you cast a legendary spell, and Banishing Knack lets Rona bounce and recast herself repeatedly — generating infinite loot triggers with the right mana engine in play.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Banishing Knack is a combo piece first and only a combo piece — in Legacy and Vintage it's legal but ignored, because those formats have faster and more resilient win conditions that don't require a creature to survive until your next tap. Pauper is where Banishing Knack has historically seen the most non-Commander play, enabling bounce-storm lines at common rarity. Commander is its real home: the singleton format rewards narrow cards that slot into specific engines, and Banishing Knack asks almost nothing of your mana while threatening an immediate win with the right commander on board.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

13,974 decks
Valley FloodcallerBanishing KnackSol Ring

Valley FloodcallerBanishing KnackSol Ring

Infinite storm count; Infinite untap of some creatures you control; Infinite power and toughness for certain creatures until end of turn; Infinite colorless mana

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Price Context

Current price

$3.46 cheap tier

At $3.46, Banishing Knack sits at the higher end of the cheap tier for a single-printing common — demand is entirely combo-driven, which keeps the price stable as long as its key engines remain popular. It holds value as a functional staple in the decks that want it, but don't expect movement in either direction.

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