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Brutal Expulsion

{2}{U}{R}

Instant

BFZBattle for Zendikar#200rare
Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1826
Illustrator
Victor Adame Minguez
Found in
Battle for Zendikar MTGO Redemption Foil · Battle for Zendikar MTGO Redemption · 2 more
Printings2
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Devoid (This card has no color.) Choose one or both — • Return target spell or creature to its owner's hand. • Brutal Expulsion deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If that creature or planeswalker would die this turn, exile it instead.
Devoid

Plays as: Modal Spell · Bounce · Burn · Planeswalker Removal

Market · per finishspark updated 8h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.17
$0.01 low-$0.02 gap
Foil+4.2%
$0.50
$0.10 low$0.02 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.50· across 2 printings

Rulings

7 · latest Aug 25, 2015 · one tap opens all
  • WotCAug 25, 2015

    A card with devoid is just colorless. It’s not colorless and the colors of mana in its mana cost.

  • WotCAug 25, 2015

    Cards with devoid use frames that are variations of the transparent frame traditionally used for Eldrazi. The top part of the card features some color over a background based on the texture of the hedrons that once imprisoned the Eldrazi. This coloration is intended to aid deckbuilding and game play.

  • WotCAug 25, 2015

    Devoid works in all zones, not just on the battlefield.

  • WotCAug 25, 2015

    If a card loses devoid, it will still be colorless. This is because effects that change an object’s color (like the one created by devoid) are considered before the object loses devoid.

  • WotCAug 25, 2015

    If a spell is returned to its owner’s hand, it’s removed from the stack. The spell isn’t countered, but it won’t resolve. If a copy of a spell is returned to a hand this way, the copy will cease to exist the next time state-based actions are performed.

  • WotCAug 25, 2015

    Other cards and abilities can give a card with devoid color. If that happens, it’s just the new color, not that color and colorless.

  • WotCAug 25, 2015

    The second mode will exile the target creature or planeswalker if it would be put into the graveyard this turn for any reason, not just due to lethal damage. The exile effect applies to that permanent even if Brutal Expulsion deals no damage to it (due to a prevention effect) or Brutal Expulsion deals damage to a different creature or planeswalker (due to a redirection effect).