one of the better 'stick an extra effect on it' counters in awhile.
Oleander
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(5 votes)
This card is really, really fun, and playing it for both effects is the way to go.
Cenelder
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(5 votes)
this card is great. If this is in your hand, you can afford to sac a creature to kill one of their creatures, counter ANOTHER creature on their turn, and then put your creature back into play.
A+
True_Mumin
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(6 votes)
Pretty cool, but you have to make sure you'll be getting the max out of this spell. Play a lot of critters that can sacrifice themselves. Really solid in a right deck. 4/5.
Laguz
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Both creature and card advantage in one efficiently-costed instant...it fit nicely in my vintage u/b discard/control deck and i'm currently loving it.
Every card that somehow involves Bolas is amazing epic, I love it.
Guntz1092
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
hey, now i dont have to worry about cascading into a counter spell that i cant use
Revelation666
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
After playing with this card a few times I'm really on the fence about it. It has 2 really useful abilities, but I always seem to be holding it in my hand when someone plays an instant or a sorcery I need to counter, and I can never bring myself to use it for just the return a creature to your hand ability unless I'm in a desperate situation. It's still a good card, just too situational for me
My first reaction to seeing this card: "An instant Disentomb or Remove Soul? Not that great..." After reading more carefully: "'Choose one or both'....!!!!! MUST USE THIS"
Splizer
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It might be rather situational; you may not have a creature in your grave as early as turn 3, and it cannot counter noncreature spells. But if the conditions are satisfied this card is excellent card advantage; for one card, you reclaim a used one and thwack one of your opponents!
CaptainNinJoe
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@Binaro: Odd... I saw the "Choose one or both" first. But that might have something to do with the fact that it's the first four words of the text.
I'm ordering a copy of this card for my Sedris, the Traitor King EDH deck. I want it NOW. Seriously, cast this in response to a general hitting the battlefield, and in the late game when a general might have already entered and left play several times, this can stop an opponent's turn cold while you get a fatty of your own back for your next turn.
Rikiaz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Perfect mana cost, perfect abilities for , amazing flavor text. 5/5
LordRandomness
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Think of it this way: You're getting an Essence Scatter that, instead of cantripping, lets you find the card you want to draw, for a mere {B} extra. Catrippy Scatters usually cost {2}{U}{U} (see Bone to Ash)
GrimjawxRULES
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It's good, but don't hesitate to use it when you have to, even if you don't get to use both effects.
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A+
After reading more carefully: "'Choose one or both'....!!!!! MUST USE THIS"
I'm ordering a copy of this card for my Sedris, the Traitor King EDH deck. I want it NOW. Seriously, cast this in response to a general hitting the battlefield, and in the late game when a general might have already entered and left play several times, this can stop an opponent's turn cold while you get a fatty of your own back for your next turn.