Mourner's Surprise
Sorcery
OTJOutlaws of Thunder Junction#94common
Foil
"Y'all should've known better than to buy me a coffin!"
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 135
- Illustrator
- Zuzanna Wużyk
- Found in
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction MTGO Redemption · Outlaws of Thunder Junction MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
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."
: Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery."Plays as: Recursion · Creature Token Maker
Market · per finishspark updated 6h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
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Finish
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Rulings
1 · latest Apr 12, 2024 · one tap opens all
- WotCApr 12, 2024
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.