Rescind
Instant
Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Vintage Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #19870
Rescind bounces any permanent to its owner's hand for three mana at instant speed — flexible, but strictly worse than Boomerang for two mana or Cyclonic Rift for seven with upside. Run it only if you've exhausted cleaner options and genuinely need another bounce effect.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Rescind sits at the bottom of the bounce pile — three mana for a single-target bounce is a tempo loss when Cyclonic Rift, Echoing Truth, and even Erratic Portal exist. Pauper is the one format where Rescind sees any real daylight, since the card pool is shallow enough that redundant bounce at common can matter in tempo or flicker shells. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — every effect Rescind provides is available cheaper or at higher impact elsewhere.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Rescind right now, but as a bulk common with strict functional competition, it reliably sits in the penny-to-nickel range at most vendors. There's no acquisition urgency here — pick it out of a bulk box if you need it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.