Silent Departure
Sorcery
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shadows of the Past
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #13937
Silent Departure bounces a creature to its owner's hand at instant speed — clean tempo, but the cost is a full four mana for an effect that ends at sorcery speed for most decks. It earns a slot specifically in Neerdiv, Devious Diver builds, where the flashback from the graveyard turns one bounce spell into two triggers.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
Neerdiv, Devious Diver rewards casting spells from the graveyard, and Silent Departure's flashback means a single copy generates two separate spell-cast events — doubling the value of every payoff Neerdiv provides.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Silent Departure is a narrow role-player — the four-mana front end is expensive for a single bounce, and flashback at six mana is rarely worth the second cast unless your commander specifically cares about graveyard spell counts. Pauper is where the card has historically seen real play, since the common card pool makes repeatable tempo spells more meaningful and the flashback genuinely pulls ahead of single-use alternatives. In Legacy and Vintage the effect is simply outclassed by cheaper interaction. Treat it as a Commander card only if your deck has a graveyard-synergy engine that makes the flashback free value rather than an expensive afterthought.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data for Silent Departure isn't available in the current dataset, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest. As a common with a narrow niche, it has historically sat near bulk pricing — if you want it for a Neerdiv, Devious Diver build, expect to pay little, but verify before assuming it's in every bulk bin.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.