Rescue
Instant
Return target permanent you control to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #16183
Rescue is a one-mana instant that bounces any permanent you control back to your hand — clean, flexible, and surprisingly powerful in the right shell. It's narrow enough to sit in the bulk bin but strong enough to anchor entire combo lines built around enter-the-battlefield triggers or protecting a key piece from removal.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Rescue earns its slot in any deck that wants to reset an ETB trigger, replay a legend to dodge the legend rule, or pull a permanent back before a board wipe resolves — the breadth of targets (any permanent, not just creatures) is what separates it from similar effects. Outside Commander, Rescue sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where one mana for a tempo-negative bounce rarely does enough without a dedicated payoff. Pauper is the one other format where it occasionally shows up, specifically in combo shells that loop cheap ETB creatures for value or damage.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Rescue is firmly bulk — a throw-in at any card shop or a near-free pickup in any online order. Price stability is not a concern; it won't spike unless a new Commander combo pushes demand, and even then it has multiple printings to absorb it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.