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
{1}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Friday Night Magic 2008
Price
EDHREC rank
#4514
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Remand card art
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

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Lyse Hext

Lyse Hext

30.3% of decks · synergy 0.29

Lyse Hext rewards you for casting instants and sorceries repeatedly, and Remand is purpose-built for that loop — bounce a spell, draw a card, and set up the same target to resolve again on your opponent's next turn while Lyse Hext keeps counting your casts.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

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.

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Price data isn't available for Remand at the moment, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current number. Historically it has fluctuated with Modern demand, so reprints tend to crater the price — verify which printing you're buying before committing.

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