---
name: "Long Road Home"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "BBD"
set_name: "Battlebond"
collector_number: "96"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Sidharth Chaturvedi"
oracle_id: "a8f53018-c496-41f3-bc3f-3c4703b9e4e1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/long-road-home-bbd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Exile target creature. At the beginning of the next end step, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

> *The person who finishes a journey is rarely the same as the one who starts it.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Otherworldly Journey](/printing/otherworldly-journey-mma.md) — Instant — Arcane
2. [Semester's End](/printing/semesters-end-stx.md) — Instant
3. [Liberate](/printing/liberate-inv.md) — Instant
4. [Tawnos Endures](/printing/tawnos-endures-ybro.md) — Instant
5. [Journey to Nowhere](/printing/journey-to-nowhere-zen.md) — Enchantment
6. [Teferi's Time Twist](/printing/teferis-time-twist-war.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Battlebond (BBD) #96
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Sidharth Chaturvedi
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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