Kiora's Dismissal
Instant
Strive — This spell costs 
more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Return any number of target enchantments to their owners' hands.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Journey into Nyx
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #21960
Kiora's Dismissal bounces all enchantments on up to two targets — and at a single blue mana with cycling backup, the floor is never dead cardboard. It's a precision tempo play that doubles as enchantment hate, and the cycling clause makes it strictly better than a hard counter in any shell where flexibility matters.
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 |
In Commander, Kiora's Dismissal earns its slot in blue enchantment-heavy builds and tempo decks that want cheap interaction — bouncing an opponent's Rhystic Study or Smothering Tithe at instant speed for one mana is the kind of swing that wins games. In Modern and Legacy, it's too narrow against non-enchantment strategies, though the cycling clause prevents it from being a brick in those matchups. Pioneer mirrors the Commander read: it's a sideboard option at best, relevant only when enchantment-based decks are common in the meta. Oathbreaker follows the Commander logic closely — low-cost, instant-speed enchantment removal is more valuable in a smaller format where a single enchantment can dominate.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Kiora's Dismissal sits firmly in bulk territory, making it a zero-regret inclusion for any blue deck that needs enchantment interaction. The cycling clause keeps it from rotating out of cubes and brewers' lists, so it's unlikely to crater further — but don't expect it to climb either.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.