---
name: "Escape Artist"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "84"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Scott M. Fischer"
oracle_id: "74f4d505-e114-47be-be27-a7949e8abdc7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/escape-artist-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Escape Artist
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
This creature can't be blocked.
{U}, Discard a card: Return this creature to its owner's hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cunning Evasion](/printing/cunning-evasion-mh1.md) — Enchantment
2. [Covert Operative](/printing/covert-operative-lgn.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Passwall Adept](/printing/passwall-adept-clu.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Fugitive Wizard](/printing/fugitive-wizard-9ed.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Crafty Pathmage](/printing/crafty-pathmage-9ed.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Storm Sculptor](/printing/storm-sculptor-plst.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #84
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Scott M. Fischer
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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