Unsummon
Hour of Devastation 54 • common
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Collector number
- 54
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Nils Hamm
- Market price
- $0.14
What it does
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Skills mastered by initiates are preserved within cartouches, so Eternals remain adept at their preferred combat styles.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Unsummon was originally printed in the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, designed by Richard Garfield as a fundamental piece of blue tempo utility. The card exemplifies the game's early philosophy of using low-cost interaction to disrupt an opponent's board state, allowing players to return any creature to its owner's hand. Its inclusion in the Hour of Devastation set in 2017 served as a functional reprint, maintaining the card's classic identity while featuring updated artwork to align with the set's desert-themed aesthetic.
The version from Hour of Devastation features artwork by Bastien L. Deharme, who reimagined the spell within the context of the plane of Amonkhet. Deharme focused on the ethereal, shifting nature of the magic, opting for a visual style that emphasized the disorientation of a creature being suddenly pulled from the battlefield. Upon its release in this set, the card was well-received by players for its continued reliability in limited formats and its contribution to the set's narrative of encroaching chaos.
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