Recurring Nightmare

{2} {B}

Enchantmentrare

Sacrifice a creature, Return this enchantment to its owner's hand: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

"I am confined by sleep and defined by nightmare." —Crovax

Illustrated by Jeff Laubenstein · Vintage Masters · #137

Rulings for Recurring Nightmare

2013-04-15
If you cast this as normal during your main phase, it will enter the battlefield and you’ll receive priority. If no abilities trigger because of this, you can activate its ability immediately, before any other player has a chance to remove it from the battlefield.

All Printings

Tempest Remastered#1132015mythic Vintage Masters#1372014rare World Championship Decks 1998#bs721998rare Exodus#721998rare

Format Legality

Duellegal

Brawlnot legal

Pennynot legal

Predhbanned

Futurenot legal

Legacylegal

Modernnot legal

Paupernot legal

Alchemynot legal

Pioneernot legal

Vintagelegal

Historicnot legal

Standardnot legal

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