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Horses of the Bruinen

Sorcery3 generic manaBlue manaBlue mana

The evocative name dresses up a familiar effect: two creatures back to hand, a scry to smooth the next draw, and a Ring temptation stapled to the resolution. That last clause changes the math on the whole exchange. Bounce spells have always fought a structural inefficiency: you spend a card and mana to send a threat home, your opponent gets to replay it, and the trade nets you card disadvantage unless it buys a lethal turn or answers something you otherwise cannot touch. Folding the Ring temptation into resolution turns that inefficiency into incidental upside, granting temptation progress you wanted anyway rather than charging a separate card for it. The two-target reach does real work: it can reset a pair of your own enters-the-battlefield triggers, strip two blockers before an alpha strike, or answer two problem creatures in a single cast. The sorcery-speed clause pays for that flexibility. It cannot be held up as a combat trick or an end-step blowout, so the tempo it generates has to be spent proactively, on your own turn, as setup rather than reaction: you commit the bounce before combat and reap the swing that same turn. That restriction is what keeps a double-bounce with a rider from tipping oppressive. It only clears the way, it never ambushes, and everything it does happens on the caster's initiative rather than in response to the opponent's.

Horses of the Bruinen (ltr)
LTR · #55uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.20
Foil: $0.25
Oracle Text

Rules text

Return up to two target creatures to their owners' hands. Scry 1. The Ring tempts you.
Legalities

Format Status

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