---
name: "Retraction Helix"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "PIO"
set_name: "Pioneer Masters"
collector_number: "332"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Phill Simmer"
oracle_id: "2707f9f4-2b80-47ac-af0a-99fc53af94bf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/retraction-helix-pio"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Retraction Helix
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Until end of turn, target creature gains "{T}: Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Banishing Knack](/printing/banishing-knack-eve.md) — Instant
2. [Regress](/printing/regress-roe.md) — Instant
3. [Repeal](/printing/repeal-clu.md) — Instant
4. [Recoil](/printing/recoil-dmr.md) — Instant
5. [Rescind](/printing/rescind-vma.md) — Instant
6. [Rescue](/printing/rescue-dom.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Pioneer Masters (PIO) #332
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Phill Simmer
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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