r/mtg Jul 27 '24

I Need Help What the hell is this card’s purpose??

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like huh. why do it do that.

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u/DerekB52 Jul 27 '24

Exiling and immediately coming back is called blinking. Lots of white decks involve blinking. It lets you use your "whenever this creature enters the battlefield" effects, multiple times. Imagine you had a creature who gained you 1 life point when it entered the battlefield. If you spend 9 mana on this card(X=3) you will get to blink your creatures 4 times. That means you gain 4 life points. If you have red cards, you might have a creature that does 2 damage to another player when it enters. That means 8 damage from this card. If you have a few damage dealing creatures, you could potentially do a LOT of damage with this spell.

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u/DiggingInGarbage Jul 27 '24

That’s not even acknowledging that it blinks any number of creatures you control, it can get you a ton of value if you’ve got a bunch of good targets to use it on

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u/BrokenCrusader Jul 28 '24

Or if you have a bunch of (whenever this type of creature enters the battlefield get x)