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Graceful Reprieve

Instant1 generic manaWhite mana

The clever part is the delayed trigger: rather than reanimating from the graveyard or fizzling against a destroy effect, this sets up a watch on one creature and waits for it to die. Cast it in response to targeted removal, in advance of a board wipe, or even on your own creature you intend to sacrifice, and it lies dormant until that card actually hits the graveyard, returning it to the battlefield. The catch is the "this turn" clause: the trigger expires at the end of the turn it resolves, so this is insurance for a known threat on a known turn, not a standing safety net you can leave running through your opponent's removal. Read it as instant-speed reanimation that beats the creature to the graveyard rather than chasing it there. The trade is that it commits to one creature for the duration of the turn, but the payoff is recursion dressed up as protection: the creature returns to the battlefield rather than to hand, re-triggering any enters-the-battlefield ability and coming back clean, shed of counters and auras. It is the white entry in a long line of "save your guy" effects, and it leans on color identity by buying that protection without black's habit of paying life or sacrificing another body for the privilege.

Graceful Reprieve (mor)
MOR · #11uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.28
Foil: $1.00
Oracle Text

Rules text

When target creature dies this turn, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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