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I think that this is an overlooked card that is more useful that most people realize. I have mono-blue bounce deck and I run a full set of these. I combo this card off of Sage of Epityr, turning the drawback of this card into an advantage: I can have a 1/5 blocker on turn 2 and I get to replay the Sage, which is good for setup. I also use this card in the later game to bounce Reality Acid, which is fun.

This can combo well off of any creatures that have "when it comes into play effects," especially cheaper ones. For the "bounce your own permanent" ability, most decks would be better served by Vedalken Mastermind, but if you need the extra toughness for blocking, I think this card is actually the better way to go. Or, if you have the room in your deck, run both.

Great to use with Tidewalker, and brilliant if someone has used some kind of pacifism on a powerful creature

Like this. Fun, cheap, high toughness.

Very overlooked card. 1/5 for 2 is capable to slow almost all aggro decks. I play a set in pauper in my illusion deck with time spiral illusions and Krovikan Mist.

Name and appearance based off of 9th edition's version of Dream Prowler

This is also a fun card for activating 'when you cast a blue spell' or 'when a creature comes into play' triggers, since it can bounce itself.

Sweet flavor text.

Nice card. good toughness, for 2? i'll take it.

such bounce effects can be quite useful

In my Torpor Orb deck, this is a cheap and effective wall to keep my opponents at bay early on until I get my Dreadnoughts and Levelers out.

Here is a creature that potentially offers impressive delay, and can also combo quite well with many different "enters the battlefield" permanent's effects. Also, toughness 5 is nothing to scoff at, and must be seriously considered. Most cases to remove a creature with toughness 5 it will usually take 2 cards, unless an opponent is desperate enough to waste a STP or path to exile. And if thats the case... Card well played. Take a format like legacy for example, where creatures like tarmogoyf run rampant. Well the goyf usually tapers out at 4/5 maybe 3/4. Very rarily it will make 5 or better on the power. Also the aggro red & green that tries to come with turn 1 goblin guide equipped with rancor... casted by either elvish spirit guide or simian spirit guide again the toughness 5 puts that to a halt fairly quickly as well. Any aggro style deck has a lot of problems with 4 toughness creatures, never mind 5... and if you think about it, with all the new power creeps being made and how easily a lot of 3 cmc creatures are reaching 4 toughness or better now, well there is a reason for it. This guy is 2 cmc with 5 toughness. Hmmm... an aggro nightmare which possibly links into combos...

5/5

Each Time Spiral card was an homage to at least one previously printed card.

This card is referencing Dream Prowler from 9th Edition in art and name.

Useful.

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Hey, bouncing your own thing is a strength in allot of decks. Any ETB effects can be replayed, and you can always bounce a land if you need to. Plus it will hose enemy auras like arrest or pacifism.

This "drawback" is actually an advantage in the right deck. Say, a Reality Acid deck.

Combos well in a 6 total power Wild Pair deck. Just keep sending it back, getting 3/3's for only 2 mana each turn. Fun to build a deck around.

Hard choice between this and kor skyfisher for my casual bouncy deck. I feel like I would run this if it weren't for dreams of the dead.

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