Lae'zel's Acrobatics
Instant
Exile all nontoken creatures you control, then roll a d20.
1—9 | Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
10—20 | Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control, then exile them again. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #2601
Lae'zel's Acrobatics phases out your entire board at instant speed, then returns everything with fresh enters-the-battlefield triggers — all for two mana. In Preston, the Vanisher decks, that means a full board of Illusion tokens on top of every creature you already had, making this one of the most efficient mass-flicker effects ever printed.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Preston, the Vanisher
Lae'zel's Acrobatics appears in nearly 65% of Preston, the Vanisher decks because each nontoken creature re-entering creates a new Illusion token — casting this on a board of ten creatures effectively doubles your army at instant speed for two mana.
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines doubles every ETB trigger on the way back in, so Lae'zel's Acrobatics turns from a mass-flicker into a mass-double-trigger engine that scales with however many permanents you control.
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd already wants to blink creatures one at a time, and Lae'zel's Acrobatics gives the deck a one-shot version that resets every ETB on the board simultaneously — often closing out a game when Phelia has built up enough value pieces.
Mr. House, President and CEO
Mr. House, President and CEO decks run artifact creatures that generate Treasure or roll dice on ETB, so Lae'zel's Acrobatics converts a defensive phase-out into a wave of fresh triggers and mana without spending extra resources per creature.
Roon of the Hidden Realm
Roon of the Hidden Realm is the quintessential ETB commander, and Lae'zel's Acrobatics serves as a budget-friendly mass-flicker that can also dodge a board wipe mid-resolution — doing in one card what Roon spends multiple turns doing piece by piece.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Lae'zel's Acrobatics lives, and the reason is board size — the more creatures you control, the more ETB triggers a two-mana instant generates, and 100-card singleton decks are built to accumulate exactly that kind of board state. It's also a fog-level combat trick: casting it in response to a board wipe saves your entire field for two mana, which is an absurd rate. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but irrelevant — those formats don't give you time to build the wide board the card demands, and sorcery-speed payoffs aren't worth a card slot. Oathbreaker can support it in the same ETB shells that Commander does, just with a smaller starting card pool.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Lae'zel's Acrobatics isn't currently available through our sources, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. Given its 60%+ inclusion rate in Preston, the Vanisher decks and strong showings across several other popular commanders, demand is real — if you're building any ETB-heavy white deck, don't sleep on picking it up.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.