---
name: "Escape Detection"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Freerunning"]
set: "ACR"
set_name: "Assassin's Creed"
collector_number: "18"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Justyna Dura"
oracle_id: "e16c5516-f73c-40c4-9ffa-39c6b2e92ab7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/escape-detection-acr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Escape Detection
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Freerunning

## Oracle Text
Freerunning—Return a blue creature you control to its owner's hand. (You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.)
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Escape Routes](/printing/escape-routes-pls.md) — Enchantment
2. [Repulse](/printing/repulse-wc02.md) — Instant
3. [Snapback](/printing/snapback-tsr.md) — Instant
4. [Sweep Away](/printing/sweep-away-ogw.md) — Instant
5. [Arrester's Admonition](/printing/arresters-admonition-rna.md) — Instant
6. [Restart Sequence](/printing/restart-sequence-acr.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Assassin's Creed (ACR) #18
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Justyna Dura
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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