First printed in Eventide (2008)

Banishing Knack

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature gains " tap : Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand."

Suddenly he realized that everything was connected by invisible strings, strings that could be pulled—or cut.

Legality

Legal in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
Not legal in: Standard, Pioneer, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl

2008-08-01 The targeted creature’s controller, not Banishing Knack’s controller, is the one who can activate the creature’s new ability.
2008-08-01 “Summoning sickness” applies. The new ability can’t be activated unless the targeted creature has been under its controller’s control since the beginning of that player’s most recent turn or it has haste.

MTGO price: 0.05 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 30 Oct 2026).

81 combos, the most popular first:

Staple: main deck, 3% of decks (#473)

Share of decks

3.0%

▲ 0.2 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

184

184 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

27%

44 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy	7.4%	4%
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Thrasios, Triton Hero	5.6%	3%
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain	5.1%	0%
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Silas Renn, Seeker Adept	4.7%	1%
Vivi Ornitier	2.3%	6%
Crystal, Inhuman Princess	2.0%	40%
Thrasios, Triton Hero + Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful	1.8%	1%
Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker + Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh	1.4%	1%

Deck	Record
Crystal, Inhuman Princess Justin Nosek in Paragon Gaming October 24th CEDH $3K	4-2 67%
Crystal, Inhuman Princess Ethan Hoff in Commander Invitational Qualifier - Gamer Geeks	3-2 60%
Lazav, the Multifarious Arman Hossain in Cian Colony Memorial Tournament 4	2-3 40%
Vivi Ornitier Micheal danchuk in DERPYPALOOZA II	2-3 40%
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy Gavin Mitchell in MBG Commanderpalooza #3 (TimeTwister event)	2-3 40%
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy Bradley Tener in MBG Commanderpalooza #3 (TimeTwister event)	2-3 40%
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy Petr Tejnský in Piece of Cake (unofficial Czech cEDH championship)	2-3 40%
Crystal, Inhuman Princess Aaron Embrock [ARC] in Bob Koepke Memorial Tournament: A CEDH Tournament Benefitting 988 Lifeline	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Deck	Copies	Finish
Fblthp, Impossibly Lost Wesley Bolten, 25 Oct	1 main	#23 of 33 0-4
Narset, Jeskai Waymaster Mack, 25 Oct	1 main	#30 of 33 0-4
Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist + Thrasios, Triton Hero Tyler Kiesner, 25 Oct	1 main	#23 of 59 1-3
Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker + Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh Aaron Davis, 25 Oct	1 main	#28 of 31 0-3
Rona, Herald of Invasion [ARC]Banton, 25 Oct	1 main	#20 of 33 0-2
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Silas Renn, Seeker Adept Edie, 25 Oct	1 main	#5 (top 8) of 31 1-1
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Thrasios, Triton Hero Alessio Varone, 25 Oct	1 main	#8 (top 8) of 31 1-2
Crystal, Inhuman Princess Dan F Beiden, 25 Oct	1 main	#1 (top 8) of 39 3-0