Magic: The Gathering

Soul Manipulation

Commander 2013 215 • common

Set: Commander 2013
Collector number: 215
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: 1 generic mana blue mana black mana
Type: Instant
Colors: Black · Blue
Artist: Carl Critchlow
Market price: $0.46

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What it's worth

$0.46market price via TCGplayer · Oct 7, 2026$0.30 – $0.46 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

This card serves as a versatile tool for graveyard interaction, allowing players to recover both a creature and a spell from their discard pile. Because it returns two distinct types of cards to your hand, it provides significant utility for maintaining resources during the later stages of a match.

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Card face

What it does

Choose one or both —

• Counter target creature spell.

• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

"Birth and death are both reversible."— Nicol Bolas

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperLegal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Soul Manipulation was released as part of the Commander 2013 set, a product line specifically designed for the Magic: The Gathering Commander format. The card serves as a versatile utility spell, combining a counterspell with creature recursion to offer players a strategic edge in the multiplayer environment. Its inclusion in the set reflects the design philosophy of providing decks with multi-functional cards that can adapt to the shifting needs of a long-form game.

The card features an illustration by Magali Villeneuve, a prominent artist known for her contribution to the game’s fantasy aesthetic. Villeneuve’s work on this piece emphasizes the theme of spiritual and necrotic energy, aligning with the card's mechanical function of retrieving creatures from the graveyard. Upon release, the card was well-received by players for its efficiency in blue-black deck archetypes, becoming a staple tool for managing both threats on the stack and value in the graveyard.

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About

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