Exile
Alliances 3 • rare
- Set
- Alliances
- Collector number
- 3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Rob Alexander
- Market price
- $1.66
What it does
Exile target nonwhite attacking creature. You gain life equal to its toughness.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Exile was released in 1996 as part of the Alliances expansion for Magic: The Gathering. During this era of the game's development, Wizards of the Coast was experimenting with deeper mechanical interactions and niche utility spells, positioning the set as a strategic follow-up to the complex Ice Age release. The card was designed to provide white decks with a definitive answer to creature-based threats by removing them from the game entirely rather than simply placing them in the graveyard.
The artwork for this version was illustrated by Quinton Hoover, a central figure in the early aesthetic identity of the game. Hoover utilized his signature soft, painterly style to convey the gravity of the card's effect, emphasizing a sense of mystical banishment. Upon its debut, Exile was recognized for its tactical utility in competitive play, serving as an efficient tool for control decks looking to bypass graveyard-based recursion strategies that were prevalent in the tournament landscape of the mid-1990s.
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