---
name: "Brutal Expulsion"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: ["Devoid"]
set: "PBFZ"
set_name: "Battle for Zendikar Promos"
collector_number: "200s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Victor Adame Minguez"
oracle_id: "71d178b3-e5ca-4576-83f7-8dce74758acd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/brutal-expulsion-pbfz"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Brutal Expulsion
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Devoid

## Oracle Text
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Choose one or both —
• Return target spell or creature to its owner's hand.
• Brutal Expulsion deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If that creature or planeswalker would die this turn, exile it instead.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Touch of the Void](/printing/touch-of-the-void-bfz.md) — Sorcery
2. [Abstruse Appropriation](/printing/abstruse-appropriation-mh3.md) — Instant
3. [Processor Assault](/printing/processor-assault-bfz.md) — Sorcery
4. [Grip of Desolation](/printing/grip-of-desolation-bfz.md) — Instant
5. [Depth Defiler](/printing/depth-defiler-mh3.md) — Creature — Eldrazi
6. [Witness the End](/printing/witness-the-end-ogw.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Battle for Zendikar Promos (PBFZ) #200s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Victor Adame Minguez
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`