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Surprise Deployment - Instant

Planeshift · 2001

Market Prices

$0.35median

Priced for the Planeshift printing — select another in “Printings & Editions” below to re-price.

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Legality

PremodernLEGAL
Full Scryfall Data
Planeshift{3}{W}

Surprise Deployment

Instant

Cast this spell only during combat. You may put a nonwhite creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. At the beginning of the next end step, return that creature to your hand. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)

Printings & Editions

Premodern-legal editions of Surprise Deployment — old-border printings plus any period-appropriate foil promos (Arena/Judge, through Scourge). Hover to preview an edition on the card; click to select it.

Old-border editions + pre-Scourge promo foils (Arena/Judge). Modern-frame reprints (8th Edition onward) exist but are not period-appropriate printings.

Critical Rulings

"Putting the card onto the battlefield is optional. When the ability resolves, you can choose not to."

— 2007-05-01

Price History

91d · USD
$0.35▲ 40.0%

Tracks this card’s preferred printing: the old-border edition shown by default (block-expansion printings first, e.g. Urza’s, Tempest, Mirage). It doesn’t re-price when you select a different edition above. Per-edition history is planned.

$0.35$0.29$0.24
03/1804/1705/1806/18

Decks playing Surprise Deployment (0)

No mainboard decks match.