Return to the Ranks

As of Aug 7, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Return to the Ranks is $0.35 (SOA #11, Showcase), and the most expensive is $10.37 (SOA #141, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.35, flat over 7 days, up 2.9% over 30 days, down 10.3% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $11.55 (2024).

Return to the Ranks has 5 tracked printings across 3 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including borderless and showcase treatments.

SOA #11 Showcase

$0.35

CK $0.49 / $0.03 91%

MP $0.15 158 avail

SOA #11 Showcase Foil

$0.50 +43%

CK $0.49 / $0.08 84%

MP $0.18 79 avail

MAR #48 Borderless

$0.54 +54%

CK $0.99 / $0.10 81%

MP $0.15 71 avail

M15 #29

$0.83 +137%

CK $0.49 / $0.04 95%

MP $0.34 203 avail

SOA #76

$0.86 +146%

CK $0.59 / $0.05 94%

MP $0.51 27 avail

MAR #48 Borderless Foil

$2.15 +514%

CK $2.99 / $1.05 51%

MP $1.13 18 avail

M15 #29 Foil

$3.20 +814%

CK $2.49 / $0.63 80%

MP $1.76 19 avail

SOA #141 Foil

$10.37 +2863%

CK $9.99 / $5.00 52%

MP $8.66 32 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $5.00 cash for SOA #141 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 50% (wide).

• Jan 12, 2024 Because convoke isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.
• Jan 12, 2024 If a creature you control has a mana ability with {T} 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.
• Jan 12, 2024 Tapping a multicolored creature using convoke will pay for {1} or one mana of your choice of any of that creature's colors.
• Jan 12, 2024 Tapping an untapped creature that's attacking or blocking to convoke a spell won't cause that creature to stop attacking or blocking.
• Jan 12, 2024 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.

Return to the Ranks has been reprinted 4 times. The Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive reprint cut the price 66% in 30 days.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment	Price before	Day 1	30 days	90 days
SOA #11	2026-04-24	Rare	Showcase	$0.50	$0.45	$0.36	$0.34
SOA #11	2026-04-24	Rare	Showcase	$1.99	$1.87	$0.68	$0.58
M15 #29	2014-07-18	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—
M15 #29	2014-07-18	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—

Return to the Ranks is the #10,825 most-played card on EDHREC, up 60 places over the last 30 days.