---
name: "Liberate"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "INV"
set_name: "Invasion"
collector_number: "21"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Alan Pollack"
oracle_id: "f17e6c85-4813-4b0f-a0e9-d295822e9bb5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/liberate-inv"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Liberate
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Exile target creature you control. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cloudshift](/printing/cloudshift-a25.md) — Instant
2. [Eerie Interlude](/printing/eerie-interlude-slz.md) — Instant
3. [Acrobatic Maneuver](/printing/acrobatic-maneuver-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Conjurer's Closet](/printing/conjurers-closet-c13.md) — Artifact
5. [Flicker of Fate](/printing/flicker-of-fate-thb.md) — Instant
6. [Ephemerate](/printing/ephemerate-mh1.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Invasion (INV) #21
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Alan Pollack
- **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: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`