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Writ of Return

nccNew Capenna Commander#143rare
{3}{B}{B}
Treatments
Extended Art
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All Printings

3 printings across 2 sets
Card details
Artist
Kai Carpenter
Frame
extendedart
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Sorcery

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

Abilities
Cipher
SpellReturn target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Plays as
Combat Damage TriggerReanimation
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Kai Carpenter
Rulings
  • WotCApr 29, 2022

    If a creature with an encoded card deals combat damage to more than one player simultaneously (perhaps because some of the combat damage was redirected), the triggered ability will trigger once for each player it deals combat damage to. Each ability will create a copy of the exiled card and allow you to cast it.

  • WotCApr 29, 2022

    If another player gains control of the creature, that player will control the triggered ability. That player will create a copy of the encoded card and may cast it.

  • WotCApr 29, 2022

    If the creature leaves the battlefield, the exiled card will no longer be encoded on any creature. It will stay exiled.

  • WotCApr 29, 2022

    If the spell with cipher doesn't resolve, none of its effects will happen, including cipher. The card will go to its owner's graveyard and won't be encoded on a creature.

  • WotCApr 29, 2022

    If you choose not to cast the copy, or you can't cast it (perhaps because there are no legal targets available), the copy will cease to exist the next time state-based actions are performed. You won't get a chance to cast the copy at a later time.

  • WotCApr 29, 2022

    The copy of the card with cipher is created in and cast from exile.

  • WotCApr 29, 2022

    The exiled card with cipher grants a triggered ability to the creature it's encoded on. If that creature loses that ability and subsequently deals combat damage to a player, the triggered ability won't trigger. However, the exiled card will continue to be encoded on that creature.

  • WotCApr 29, 2022

    The spell with cipher is encoded on the creature as part of that spell's resolution, just after the spell's other effects. That card goes directly from the stack to exile. It never goes to the graveyard.

  • WotCApr 29, 2022

    You can choose only a creature to encode the card onto.

  • WotCApr 29, 2022

    You cast the copy of the card with cipher during the resolution of the triggered ability. Ignore timing restrictions based on the card's type.

  • WotCApr 29, 2022

    You choose the creature as the spell resolves. The cipher ability doesn't target that creature.