Escape Velocity
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 and has haste.
Escape—
, Exile two other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #16828
Escape Velocity gives a creature haste and first strike until end of turn, then returns itself from the graveyard to your hand for two mana — it's a reusable speed and combat trick stapled to an enchantment. Decks that want repeatable haste enablers, especially those that care about enchantments hitting the graveyard, will find genuine utility here.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Escape Velocity is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — but it's almost exclusively a Commander card. In older 60-card formats, the recursion loop is too slow and the effect too minor to compete; you're paying two mana on a future turn to rebuy a trick that stronger formats solve with cheaper, permanent haste granters. In Commander, the recursion clause does real work: enchantress builds can trigger draw engines each loop, and reanimator or sacrifice strategies that want haste on demand without dedicating a permanent slot will appreciate the self-returning nature of Escape Velocity.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Escape Velocity is deep bulk — this is a card you pick out of a commons box, not one you track down. Price stability here means essentially nothing; it will stay near zero unless a high-profile Commander deck pushes demand, which the card's niche role makes unlikely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.