Illusionist's Stratagem

As of Jul 28, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Illusionist's Stratagem is $0.30 (AER #36), and the most expensive is $1.22 (AER #36, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.30, up 3.5% over 7 days, flat over 30 days, down 16.7% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $0.38 (2026).

Illusionist's Stratagem has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.

AER #36

$0.30

CK $0.59 / $0.05 83%

MP $0.15 587 avail

AER #36 Foil

$1.22 +307%

CK $4.99 / $1.75 -43%

MP $1.14 20 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $1.75 cash for AER #36 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 65% (wide).

• Feb 9, 2017 Each card that returns to the battlefield will be a new object with no connection to the creature that was exiled. It won’t be in combat or have any additional abilities it may have had when it was exiled. Any +1/+1 counters on it or Auras attached to it are removed, and any Equipment will no longer be attached.
• Feb 9, 2017 If a creature token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and will not return to the battlefield.
• Feb 9, 2017 If each target creature is an illegal target as Illusionist’s Stratagem resolves, the spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t draw a card.
• Feb 9, 2017 If you choose two target creatures and one is an illegal target as Illusionist’s Stratagem resolves, you’ll exile the other, return it, and draw a card.
• Feb 9, 2017 You may cast Illusionist’s Stratagem without any targets if you wish to just draw a card.

Illusionist's Stratagem has been reprinted 2 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment
AER #36	2017-01-20	Uncommon	Standard
AER #36	2017-01-20	Uncommon	Standard

Illusionist's Stratagem is the #7,418 most-played card on EDHREC, down 83 places over the last 30 days.