Remand
Instant
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it into its owner's hand instead of into that player's graveyard.
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- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Friday Night Magic 2008
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #4514
Remand delays a threat and replaces itself — the card does two jobs for two mana, and that efficiency is the whole argument for running it. The catch is that it only delays: against Approach of the Second Sun or any other spell that wants to resolve twice, you're buying one turn, not stopping anything, which is exactly why Lyse Hext decks love it and fair blue decks sometimes don't.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy

Baral, Chief of Compliance
Baral, Chief of Compliance reduces Remand to a single blue mana and loots on countered spells, so the card effectively draws two while setting an opponent back a turn — it's one of the clearest rate-positive plays in a Baral, Chief of Compliance deck.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Remand occupies a narrow but real niche: it's not a hard answer, but in spellslinger decks that want cheap instants, the cantrip stapled to a delay is often worth more than a do-nothing counter. Modern was its natural home for years — tempo decks used it to slow down linear strategies while advancing their own clock — but the format has since grown fast enough that one-turn delays rarely matter, and Remand has largely been pushed out by harder interaction. Legacy and Vintage don't need the cantrip badly enough to accept a bounce-not-counter effect when Force of Will and Counterspell exist. The card is legal in Oathbreaker, where cheap instants that replace themselves are genuinely wanted in spell-heavy builds.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card




The Sixth DoctorKarn's Temporal SunderingIsochron ScepterRemand
Infinite turns; Lock
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.

