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Grim Return

Magic: The GatheringMagic 2014#100

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Magic 2014M14 · #100

Card type: Instant
Rarity: Rare
Indicative price: 0.71 € · ★ 2.28 € · 0.53 $ · ★ 5.42 $
Mana value: 3
Colour: Black

Card text

Choose target creature card in a graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Put that card onto the battlefield under your control.

Format legality

CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Seb McKinnon
Card language: English
Release date: 2013-07-19

Flavour text

The necromancer's touch strips away memory and loyalty, and only strength and malice remain.

Rulings

2013-07-01

Creature spells that are countered never entered the battlefield, so those cards can’t be chosen as the target of Grim Return.

2013-07-01

You can choose a creature card in any player’s graveyard as long as that card was put there from the battlefield during the turn. A creature card that was put into a graveyard from anywhere else, such as a card that was discarded, can’t be chosen as the target.