Escape Artist
Creature — Human Wizard
This creature can't be blocked.
, Discard a card: Return this creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #20210
Escape Artist is a one-mana blue creature that can be made unblockable by discarding a card — cheap evasion stapled to a body, with the discard cost keeping it honest. It earns a slot in decks that want consistent damage through and have ways to recoup the card disadvantage, but it's a niche role-player, not a staple.
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 |
In Commander, Escape Artist is a narrow fit — it belongs in decks that specifically reward unblockable creatures or want a cheap discard outlet, not as a generic blue creature. Pauper is where it sees the most competitive daylight, slotting into tempo and evasion-matters builds at common rarity where card quality floors are lower. Legacy and Vintage have it legal but essentially invisible; the competition at one mana is too deep for a conditional evasion creature to matter. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander — valid if your signature spell or planeswalker creates a loop with the discard, irrelevant otherwise.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Escape Artist is pure bulk — you'll find it in a common box or throw it into a cart as a throw-in without thinking twice. That price is stable by nature; there's no trajectory that moves a card like this, so buy it if you need it and don't think twice about the cost.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.