Mourner's Surprise
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Outlaws of Thunder JunctionOTJ · #94
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.04 € · ★ 0.13 € · 0.17 $ · ★ 0.23 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Create a 1/1 red Mercenary creature token with ": Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery."
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Zuzanna Wużyk
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2024-04-19
Flavour text
"Y'all should've known better than to buy me a coffin!"
Rulings
You don't have to choose a target for Mourner's Surprise. However, if you do, and that creature card is an illegal target at the time Mourner's Surprise tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't create a Mercenary token.