Card
Release to the Wind
Mana cost {2}{U}
Exile target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may cast it without paying its mana cost.
Part of 7 known combos, 3 of them two-card. 4 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · RIX · #46
- Cheapest printing
- €0.73
- EDHREC salt
- 0.68
- Color identity
- Blue
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Dualcaster Mage, Naru Meha, Master Wizard, Lutri, the Spellchaser
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Dualcaster Mage, Naru Meha, Master Wizard, Lutri, the Spellchaser
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: Its two-card combos are not early, which Bracket 3 allows
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Dualcaster Mage, Naru Meha, Master Wizard, Lutri, the Spellchaser (none of them early)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
7 known combos, 3 of them two-card.
- Release to the Wind + Dualcaster Mage
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook - Release to the Wind + Naru Meha, Master Wizard
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook - Release to the Wind + Lutri, the Spellchaser
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2018-01-19 · Wizards of the Coast
If an exiled card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost. - 2018-01-19 · Wizards of the Coast
Casting the exiled card follows the normal timing rules for casting that card. For example, if the card is a creature card, you can cast that card only during your main phase while the stack is empty. - 2018-01-19 · Wizards of the Coast
If you cast a card “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t pay any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Silvergill Adept, those must be paid to cast the card. - 2018-01-19 · Wizards of the Coast
If a token is exiled this way, it can’t be cast.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast