---
name: "Return to Battle"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PTK"
set_name: "Portal Three Kingdoms"
collector_number: "81"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ding Songjian"
oracle_id: "cf6676b7-b40a-46bd-b166-bd3cbb49d80d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/return-to-battle-ptk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Return to Battle
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Disentomb](/printing/disentomb-m11.md) — Sorcery
2. [Raise Dead](/printing/raise-dead-leb.md) — Sorcery
3. [Recover](/printing/recover-inv.md) — Sorcery
4. [Rise Again](/printing/rise-again-m21.md) — Sorcery
5. [Dutiful Return](/printing/dutiful-return-bfz.md) — Sorcery
6. [March of the Returned](/printing/march-of-the-returned-ths.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Portal Three Kingdoms (PTK) #81
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ding Songjian
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

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