Escape Detection
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Freerunning—Return a blue creature you control to its owner's hand. (You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.)
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.
What it does
Tagged as Card draw · Removal — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official rulings
- If the target creature is an illegal target as Escape Detection tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won’t draw a card. (2024-07-05)
- Once an Assassin creature or commander you control deals combat damage to a player in a turn, you can cast spells for their freerunning costs for the rest of that turn. It doesn’t matter what happens to that Assassin or commander after that. (2024-07-05)
Printings & prices
Every set Escape Detection has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.
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