Reciprocate

Instant

Exile target creature that dealt damage to you this turn.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Champions of Kamigawa
Price
$0.21
EDHREC rank
#18305
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Reciprocate exiles a creature that dealt damage to you this turn — a hard answer at instant speed for one white mana. The restriction is real, but when it's live, exile beats destroy every time.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Reciprocate is a narrow but efficient piece of spot removal — the exile clause matters in a format full of graveyard recursion, and one mana leaves you open on every opponent's combat step. The constraint that the creature must have already dealt you damage limits it to a reactive role, which makes it worse in heads-up scenarios and better in games where at least one player is attacking into you each round. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but strictly outclassed by Swords to Plowshares, which has no conditional trigger and still costs one white. Modern is the same story — Path to Exile sets the baseline, and Reciprocate doesn't come close.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.21 bulk tier

At $0.21, Reciprocate sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying for the effect, not the card. It won't appreciate; the supply is wide and the demand narrow, so treat it as a freely swappable slot rather than a stable pickup.

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    Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.