---
name: "False Defeat"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "ME3"
set_name: "Masters Edition III"
collector_number: "11"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Li Wang"
oracle_id: "8b119579-38e1-4509-9dcb-019d5a160ac2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/false-defeat-me3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# False Defeat
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

> *"All warfare is based on deception."
—Sun Tzu, Art of War (trans. Giles)*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Resurrection](/printing/resurrection-prm.md) — Sorcery
2. [Breath of Life](/printing/breath-of-life-plst.md) — Sorcery
3. [Emerge from the Cocoon](/printing/emerge-from-the-cocoon-dsk.md) — Sorcery
4. [Rise Again](/printing/rise-again-m21.md) — Sorcery
5. [Return to Battle](/printing/return-to-battle-ptk.md) — Sorcery
6. [Helping Hand](/printing/helping-hand-lci.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition III (ME3) #11
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Li Wang
- **Total Printings:** 5 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`