Echo Tracer
Creature — Human Wizard
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, return target creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #15750
Echo Tracer bounces any creature at instant speed for three mana — stapled to a 2/2 body that enters the battlefield, which means morph decks get a repeatable tempo play without spending a card slot on a spell. Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer turns that body into a free draw, making this one of the few bounce effects that replaces itself.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer
Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer draws a card the first time Echo Tracer enters face-down each turn, so flipping it to bounce a blocker or reset a creature with an enter-the-battlefield trigger generates both tempo and card advantage in a single morph activation.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Echo Tracer is a Commander card first and foremost — the morph mechanic scales poorly in faster formats, and the three-mana activation is too slow to matter in Legacy or Vintage, where it's technically legal but sees no play. Pauper is the one non-Commander format worth a glance, since bounce at common is occasionally relevant, but a vanilla 2/2 with a sorcery-speed-equivalent tap cost doesn't clear the bar there either. In Commander, Echo Tracer earns its slot almost exclusively in morph-matters shells where the face-down creature type and the cost of the flip are part of a larger engine.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Echo Tracer is deep bulk — pick it up out of any common box without a second thought. Bulk morph commons don't spike, so the price is stable in the way only undesirable cards can be.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.