---
name: "Forced Retreat"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "ME3"
set_name: "Masters Edition III"
collector_number: "37"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Huang Qishi"
oracle_id: "ccf1336c-2ea5-4582-84a5-0b29b3cca6c2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/forced-retreat-me3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Forced Retreat
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Put target creature on top of its owner's library.

> *"Leadership, not numbers, determines victory."
—A Wu commander, before his 5,000 troops forced 15,000 Wei troops to retreat from Ruxu*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Time Ebb](/printing/time-ebb-plst.md) — Sorcery
2. [Repel](/printing/repel-ody.md) — Instant
3. [Whisk Away](/printing/whisk-away-frf.md) — Instant
4. [Griptide](/printing/griptide-dka.md) — Instant
5. [Temporal Eddy](/printing/temporal-eddy-tsp.md) — Sorcery
6. [Run Aground](/printing/run-aground-xln.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition III (ME3) #37
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Huang Qishi
- **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: `legal`