Aethermage's Touch

Aethermage's Touch

{2}{W}{U}Instant

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Reveal the top four cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield. It gains "At the beginning of your end step, return this creature to its owner's hand." Then put the rest of the cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order.

Get it in a precon

Included in 3 preconstructed decks — cheapest sealed first.

Official rulings

  1. If the creature that you put onto the battlefield leaves the battlefield before your next end step, it won't be returned to your hand at the beginning of your next end step. (2017-03-14)
  2. If you don't reveal any creature cards, or if you choose not to put a revealed creature card onto the battlefield, all the revealed cards go on the bottom of your library. (2017-03-14)
  3. If you put a creature onto the battlefield this way during your end step, it won't be returned to your hand until your next end step. (2017-03-14)
  4. The triggered ability that the creature gains won't be copied if an effect creates a token that's a copy of that creature or causes another object to become a copy of that creature. (2017-03-14)

Printings & prices

Every set Aethermage's Touch has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.

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