---
name: "Once and Future"
mana_cost: "{3}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Adamant"]
set: "ELD"
set_name: "Throne of Eldraine"
collector_number: "168"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Nils Hamm"
oracle_id: "f666c38d-e601-4aa9-b140-4b6607bb12dd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/once-and-future-eld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Once and Future
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Adamant

## Oracle Text
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand. Put up to one other target card from your graveyard on top of your library. Exile Once and Future.
Adamant — If at least three green mana was spent to cast this spell, instead return those cards to your hand and exile Once and Future.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Season of Renewal](/printing/season-of-renewal-neo.md) — Instant
2. [Regenesis](/printing/regenesis-rna.md) — Instant
3. [Auroral Procession](/printing/auroral-procession-tdm.md) — Instant
4. [Regrowth](/printing/regrowth-sum.md) — Sorcery
5. [Treasured Find](/printing/treasured-find-gk1.md) — Sorcery
6. [Seasons Past](/printing/seasons-past-soi.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #168
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Nils Hamm
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`