---
name: "Surprise Deployment"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "PLS"
set_name: "Planeshift"
collector_number: "18"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Bradley Williams"
oracle_id: "61a1748c-e772-4338-9edd-720cd5d2fc12"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/surprise-deployment-pls"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Surprise Deployment
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Cast this spell only during combat.
You may put a nonwhite creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. At the beginning of the next end step, return that creature to your hand. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cauldron Dance](/printing/cauldron-dance-c17.md) — Instant
2. [Curtain of Light](/printing/curtain-of-light-sok.md) — Instant
3. [Wake the Dead](/printing/wake-the-dead-c14.md) — Instant
4. [Mandate of Peace](/printing/mandate-of-peace-c19.md) — Instant
5. [Sneak Attack](/printing/sneak-attack-wot.md) — Enchantment
6. [Disharmony](/printing/disharmony-me3.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Planeshift (PLS) #18
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Bradley Williams
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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