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Soul Manipulation

arbAlara Reborn#29common
{1}{U}{B}
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Card details
Artist
Carl Critchlow
Frame
2003
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Instant

Choose one or both —

• Counter target creature spell.

• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Abilities
ModalChoose one or both — • Counter target creature spell. • Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Plays as
RecursionCounterspellModal Spell
Flavor & art
"Birth and death are both reversible." —Nicol Bolas
Illustrated by
Carl Critchlow
Rulings
  • WotCMay 1, 2009

    If you choose both modes, you choose their targets at the same time. You can’t counter your own creature spell and then return that card from your graveyard to your hand.

  • WotCMay 1, 2009

    You may choose just the first mode (targeting a creature spell), just the second mode (targeting a creature card in your graveyard), or both modes (targeting a creature spell and a creature card in your graveyard). You can’t choose a mode unless there’s a legal target for it.