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Journey to Nowhere

First printed in Zendikar (2009)

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Journey to Nowhere

Enchantment

When this enchantment enters, exile target creature.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Illustrated by
Warren Mahy

Legality

Ruling (1)

  • If Journey to Nowhere leaves the battlefield before its first ability has resolved, its second ability will trigger and do nothing. Then its first ability will resolve and exile the targeted creature forever.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Journey to Nowhere in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ), Premier Draft 58.2% +4.0 +4.1 53192
Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ), Sealed 59.2% +3.9 +5.2 2899
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen

Combos

11 combos, the most popular first:

See all 11 on Commander Spellbook

Pauper In 52 of 1835 decks (2.8%), most in Bogles

Staple: main deck, 5% of decks (#117); sideboard, 2% of decks (#51)

Share of decks
2.8%
▼ 1.3 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-10: 6.1% 2026-08-17: 5.2% 2026-08-24: 4.3% 2026-08-31: 6.0% 2026-09-07: 4.3% 2026-09-14: 3.8% 2026-09-21: 2.7% 2026-09-28: 4.1% 2026-10-05: 2.1% 2026-10-12: 1.3% 2026-10-19: 3.9% 2026-10-26: 2.6%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
52
38 main, 16 sideboard
Avg. copies
2.6
in the main deck
Win rate
50%
4 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Bogles 3.5% 2%
White Weenie 2.8% 24%
Boros Moxite 2.0% 5%
Naya Gates 1.2% 86%
WUBR (unclassified) 1.0% 58%
Mono-White (unclassified) 0.9% 6%
WUG (unclassified) 0.4% 14%
Caw Gates 0.2% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Prismatic Strands84%18.6
Pursue the Past74%19.6
Sneaky Snacker74%3.8
Lightning Bolt71%2.8
Outlaw Medic58%44.3
Basilisk Gate58%36.6
Citadel Gate58%36.6
Thraben Charm58%10.4
Sacred Cat55%42.3
Manor Gate45%41.0

Best win rate

DeckRecord
WUBR
viashinoperuano in Pauper Challenge 32
6-2
75%
Naya Gates
OttoSaske in Pauper Challenge 32
6-2
75%
Boros Moxite
Connor Graham in From The Vault: Pauper 10 $1K
5-2
71%
WUBR
viashinoperuano in Pauper Challenge 32
4-2
67%
Naya Gates
PrimoShow1 in Pauper Challenge 32
4-2
67%
Naya Gates
Sage Sanchez in From The Vault: Pauper 10 $1K
4-2
67%
White Weenie
Michau Antoine in the300
5-3
63%
White Weenie
Igor Herrmann in the300
5-3
63%

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

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Naya Gates
PrimoShow1,
2 main 5-0
WUBR
viashinoperuano,
3 main #19
of 51
3-3
Naya Gates
bluespace,
3 main 5-0
Naya Gates
Varo,
2 main #16
of 33
3-3
Caw Gates
SamaLama,
4 main #24
of 33
1-2
Naya Gates
PrimoShow1,
2 main 5-0
WUBR
viashinoperuano,
3 main #14
of 51
4-2
Naya Gates
Mormagil,
2 main 5-0