Lingering Phantom
{5}{B}Creature — Spirit5/4
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Whenever you cast a historic spell, you may pay {B}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
What it does
Tagged as Recursion — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official rulings
- A card, spell, or permanent is historic if it has the legendary supertype, the artifact card type, or the Saga subtype. Having two of those qualities doesn't make an object more historic than another or provide an additional bonus—an object either is historic or it isn't. (2018-04-27)
- Lands are never cast, so abilities that trigger "whenever you cast a historic spell" won't trigger if you play a legendary land. They also won't trigger if a card on the battlefield transforms into a legendary land, as the Ixalan and Rivals of Ixalan double-faced cards do. (2018-04-27)
- Some abilities trigger "whenever you cast a historic spell." Such an ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered. (2018-04-27)
- An ability that triggers "whenever you cast a historic spell" doesn't trigger if a historic card is put onto the battlefield without being cast. (2018-04-27)
Printings & prices
Every set Lingering Phantom 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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