Path to Exile
Instant
Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
"The time has come for you to change your appearance, Doctor, and begin your exile."
—High Council of the Time Lords
Illustrated by Colin Boyer · Doctor Who (WHO)
Legalities
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Duel Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
Printings
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Star Trek Commander
#425
uncommon
2026-11-13
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Reality Fracture Commander
#30
uncommon
2026-10-02
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The Zeta Set
#7
uncommon
2026-09-02
-
The Zeta Set
#249
uncommon
2026-09-02
-
The Zeta Set
#128
uncommon
2026-09-02
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The List
#BLC-147
uncommon
2026-08-10
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Marvel Super Heroes Commander
#141
uncommon
2026-06-26
-
Marvel Universe
#47
mythic
2026-06-26
-
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
#159
uncommon
2026-04-24
-
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Source Material
#1
mythic
2026-03-06
-
Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander
#65
uncommon
2026-01-23
-
Secret Lair Drop
#2227
rare
2025-10-27
-
Marvel Universe
#4
mythic
2025-09-26
-
Through the Omenpaths Bonus Sheet
#4
rare
2025-09-23
-
Final Fantasy Commander
#248
uncommon
2025-06-13
-
Mystery Booster 2
#15
uncommon
2024-08-02
-
Bloomburrow Commander
#147
uncommon
2024-08-02
-
Assassin's Creed
#81
uncommon
2024-07-05
-
Assassin's Creed
#178
uncommon
2024-07-05
-
Breaking News
#6
rare
2024-04-19
-
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander
#85
uncommon
2024-04-19
-
Fallout
#697
uncommon
2024-03-08
-
Fallout
#169
uncommon
2024-03-08
-
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
#78
uncommon
2024-02-09
-
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander
#134
uncommon
2023-11-17
-
Doctor Who
#801
uncommon
2023-10-13
-
Doctor Who
#210
uncommon
2023-10-13
-
The List
#CON-15
uncommon
2023-08-10
-
Commander Masters
#626
uncommon
2023-08-04
-
Commander Masters
#49
uncommon
2023-08-04
-
Tales of Middle-earth Commander
#175
uncommon
2023-06-23
-
March of the Machine Commander
#198
uncommon
2023-04-21
-
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander
#84
uncommon
2023-02-10
-
Starter Commander Decks
#29
uncommon
2022-12-02
-
Game Night: Free-for-All
#15
uncommon
2022-10-14
-
Dominaria United Commander
#104
uncommon
2022-09-09
-
Double Masters 2022
#23
uncommon
2022-07-08
-
New Capenna Commander
#208
uncommon
2022-04-29
-
Secret Lair Drop
#477
rare
2021-11-29
-
Secret Lair Drop
#226
rare
2021-11-29
-
Time Spiral Remastered
#299
special
2021-03-19
-
Double Masters
#25
uncommon
2020-08-07
-
Jumpstart
#127
uncommon
2020-07-17
-
MagicFest 2020
#1
rare
2020-01-01
-
The List
#E02-3
uncommon
2019-11-07
-
Magic Online Promos
#77957
rare
2019-07-13
-
Signature Spellbook: Gideon
#3
rare
2019-06-28
-
Explorers of Ixalan
#3
uncommon
2017-11-24
-
Commander Anthology
#19
uncommon
2017-06-09
-
Modern Masters 2017
#17
uncommon
2017-03-17
-
Magic Online Promos
#57580
uncommon
2015-12-31
-
Friday Night Magic 2015
#7
rare
2015-01-01
-
Modern Event Deck 2014
#3
uncommon
2014-05-30
-
Modern Masters
#25
uncommon
2013-06-07
-
Magic Online Promos
#36174
uncommon
2013-01-11
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Duel Decks: Venser vs. Koth
#23
uncommon
2012-03-30
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Commander 2011
#25
uncommon
2011-06-17
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Archenemy
#4
uncommon
2010-06-18
-
DCI Promos
#24
rare
2009-02-28
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Conflux
#15
uncommon
2009-02-06
Rulings
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The controller of the exiled creature isn't required to search their library for a basic land. If that player doesn't, the player won't shuffle their library.
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If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Path to Exile tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. The creature's controller won't search for a basic land card.
Archetypes that play this card
Duel Commander
- Cloud, Midgar Mercenary 89.5% of lists
- Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd 33.3% of lists
Modern
- Boros Ponza 100.0% of lists
- Other 3.1% of lists
- Azorius Control 1.7% of lists