Pure Intentions

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Legal in 9 of 23 formats
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Card text & rulings

Oracle text

Instant — Arcane

Whenever a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard cards this turn, return those cards from your graveyard to your hand.

When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard this card, return this card from your graveyard to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Ability breakdown
Abilities
TriggeredWhenever a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard cards this turn, return those cards from your graveyard to your hand.
TriggeredWhen a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard this card, return this card from your graveyard to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.
Rulings
  • WotCJun 1, 2005

    Discarding Pure Intentions to your own spell or ability doesn't trigger its abilities.

  • WotCJun 1, 2005

    If a spell or ability an opponent controls causes a player to discard multiple cards, such as Waking Nightmare or Three Tragedies, Pure Intentions doesn't return to hand until its triggered ability has resolved. A player can't discard the same Pure Intentions twice for the same discard effect.

  • WotCJun 1, 2005

    Neither part cares who decides which card to discard — only the controller of the spell or ability matters.

  • WotCJun 1, 2005

    The first part of Pure Intentions is the effect of casting Pure Intentions. The second part is a triggered ability that triggers whenever an opponent's spell or ability causes a player to discard Pure Intentions.

Deck role

Plays as
Recursion

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Format legality

commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Market & price history
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Randy Gallegos
Reference & links
Card details
Artist
Randy Gallegos
Frame
2003
Language
EN
Border
black
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