Void Squall
Sorcery
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #27079
Void Squall bounces any nonland permanent for four mana at sorcery speed — clean, unconditional, and immediately outclassed by Cyclonic Rift at the same price point. It's a last-resort slot-filler when your budget bounce options are already spoken for.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Void Squall occupies the bottom tier of unconditional bounce — legal, functional, and rarely worth a slot when Cyclonic Rift, Blink of an Eye, and Brazen Borrower all do more for the same or less mana. In constructed formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, four-mana sorcery-speed removal is simply unplayable given the pace of those games. Void Squall is technically legal across most formats but sees no meaningful competitive play in any of them.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Void Squall is deep bulk — you'll find it in common boxes, not trade binders. The price accurately reflects its power level, and there's no reason to expect upward movement while better bounce spells remain widely available and comparably cheap.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.