---
name: "Return to the Sewers"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "TMT"
set_name: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
collector_number: "52"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Miklós Ligeti"
oracle_id: "a3ee8565-f34c-4073-bc94-3fe9ec6bbe8a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/return-to-the-sewers-tmt"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Return to the Sewers
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature's owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library. You create a Mutagen token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.")

> *"Colpiamo con forza e svaniamo nella notte."
-Leonardo*

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4. [Metamorphose](/printing/metamorphose-sld.md) — Instant
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6. [Repel](/printing/repel-ody.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMT) #52
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Miklós Ligeti
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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