Return to the Ranks Price
6 printings · 4 sets · first printed 2014
Return to the Ranks has been printed 6 times across 4 sets, first in 2014 and most recently in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive #11 at $0.33, while the most expensive is Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive #141 at $7.13 — about 22× more. The median across 5 priced printings is $0.77. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 6x, including dedicated reprint sets like Jumpstart: Historic Horizons.
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Every Return to the Ranks Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive #11 (R) Cheapest | 2026 | $0.33 | $0.03 |
| Magic 2015 #29 (R) | 2014 | $0.58 | $0.08 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive #76 (R) | 2026 | $0.77 | $0.32 |
| Marvel Universe #48 (M) | 2026 | $0.81 | — |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive #141 (R) Foil | 2026 | $7.13 | — |
| Jumpstart: Historic Horizons #118 (R) | 2021 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
or one mana of that creature's color.)Return X target creature cards with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 6 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
7 PrecedentsYou can tap any untapped creature you control to convoke a spell, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.
When using convoke to cast a spell with in its mana cost, first choose the value for X. That choice, plus any cost increases or decreases, will determine the spell's total cost. Then you can tap creatures you control to help pay that cost. For example, if you cast Chord of Calling (a spell with convoke and mana cost 
) and choose X to be 3, the total cost is 
. If you tap two green creatures and two red creatures, you'll have to pay .
Because convoke isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.
Tapping an untapped creature that's attacking or blocking to convoke a spell won't cause that creature to stop attacking or blocking.
If a creature you control has a mana ability with 
in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with convoke will result in the creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for convoke. Similarly, if you sacrifice a creature to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with convoke, that creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for convoke.
When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Convoke applies after the total cost is calculated. Convoke doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.
Tapping a multicolored creature using convoke will pay for or one mana of your choice of any of that creature's colors.