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Kiora's Dismissal

InstantBlue mana

Strive turned single-target bounce into a scalable answer, and this is the version pointed exclusively at enchantments. The base mode is a one-mana Disperse that can only return enchantments, but each additional target costs another blue, so the same card stretches from a cantrip-priced tempo play into a one-card reset for an opponent's entire enchantment shell. That elasticity is what lets the effect exist at all: bounce that only hits enchantments would be too narrow to maindeck at a fixed target, so strive lets it sit dead in the hand until a board full of auras, sagas, or constellation triggers makes the wider cast worth paying for. The targets-beyond-the-first pricing is also the restriction that balances it, since clearing four enchantments demands four blue and a board worth clearing. It is a sweeper that bounces rather than destroys, which cuts both ways against decks heavy on enchantment recursion: returning a problem to hand denies graveyard value but invites a recast, so it reads more as a tempo and reset tool than as permanent removal. The enchantment-only restriction places it firmly in an era that leaned hard into that permanent type, and it remains a narrow but uniquely scalable answer wherever enchantments accumulate faster than spot removal can keep pace.

Kiora's Dismissal (jou)
JOU · #44uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.18
Foil: $0.87
Oracle Text

Rules text

Strive — This spell costs Blue mana more to cast for each target beyond the first. Return any number of target enchantments to their owners' hands.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
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
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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