<p>Ambush Commander only affects its controller's Forests, but otherwise, yes.  Evacuation will return them to their owners' hands.</p>
<p>This doesn't come down to a single rules citation, but ultimately Creature Lands still count as creatures due to this rule:</p>
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<p><strong>608.2h</strong> If an effect refers to certain characteristics, it checks only for the value of the specified characteristics, regardless of any related ones an object may also have.</p>
<p>Example: An effect that reads “Destroy all black creatures” destroys a white-and-black creature, but one that reads “Destroy all nonblack creatures” doesn’t.</p>
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<p>It does not matter that they are 'Creature Lands', the spell just cares that they are creatures.</p>

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Your citation is accurate; I've edited the language to be more certain and confident.
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<p><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Evacuation">Evacuation</a> returns all creatures to owners hands. <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ambush%20Commander">Ambush Commander</a> turns all forests into creatures. Would that mean that Evacuation would return all forests to their owners hand?</p>

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Would Evacuation and Ambush Commander return all forests to their owners' hands?
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# Would Evacuation and Ambush Commander return all forests to their owners' hands?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-04-04)

[Evacuation](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Evacuation) returns all creatures to owners hands. [Ambush Commander](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ambush%20Commander) turns all forests into creatures. Would that mean that Evacuation would return all forests to their owners hand?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-04-04. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Ambush Commander only affects its controller's Forests, but otherwise, yes. Evacuation will return them to their owners' hands.

This doesn't come down to a single rules citation, but ultimately Creature Lands still count as creatures due to this rule:

> **608.2h** If an effect refers to certain characteristics, it checks only for the value of the specified characteristics, regardless of any related ones an object may also have.
>
> Example: An effect that reads “Destroy all black creatures” destroys a white-and-black creature, but one that reads “Destroy all nonblack creatures” doesn’t.

It does not matter that they are 'Creature Lands', the spell just cares that they are creatures.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Your citation is accurate; I've edited the language to be more certain and confident.  

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