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Return of the Wildspeaker

Instant4 generic manaGreen mana

Two of green's oldest instant-speed effects fold into a single modal shell: refill your hand off your fattest creature, or pump your board into a lethal swing, decided at the moment you cast rather than the moment you built the deck. The instant timing is what makes the choice sing. Cast at the end of an opponent's turn, it functions as pure card advantage keyed to your best body; held through combat, it becomes an ambush pump that can blow out a block or push the last points through. The non-Human clause is the restriction paying for both halves: it locks out most creatures with a face and a proper name, steering the card toward beast, dinosaur, elf, and token strategies where the biggest power on the battlefield tends to live, and where the widest board of attackers is likely to be non-Human. That gating keeps the draw ceiling out of reach for human-heavy decks that would otherwise abuse it. What separates it from earlier green refill spells is that both modes read off the same board state you already committed to, so the card rarely sits dead: if you have a creature worth attacking with, you have a creature worth drawing off of. The scaling matters here too. Green produces the largest bodies in the game as a matter of course, so a spell keyed to your single greatest power is priced against a resource the color hands you for free.

Return of the Wildspeaker (plst)
PLST · #ELD-172rare
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Normal: $1.39
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Choose one — • Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. • Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
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
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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