Skullwinder
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Deathtouch
When this creature enters, return target card from your graveyard to your hand, then choose an opponent. That player returns a card from their graveyard to their hand.
What it does
Tagged as Recursion — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Get it in a precon
Included in 6 preconstructed decks — cheapest sealed first.
Keyword reminders
Official rulings
- Skullwinder's enters-the-battlefield ability targets only the card in your graveyard. If that card is an illegal target as the ability tries to resolve, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No cards will be returned to any player's hand. (2015-11-04)
- You choose the opponent as the ability is resolving. You may choose an opponent with no cards in their graveyard. (2015-11-04)
- You may choose an opponent with no cards in their graveyard. In that case, they will not get to return anything. (2022-06-10)
- The chosen opponent gets to choose which card to return from their graveyard to their hand. (2022-06-10)
- Skullwinder's enters-the-battlefield ability targets only the card in your graveyard. If that card is an illegal target as the ability tries to resolve, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No cards will be returned to any player's hand. (2022-06-10)
- You choose the target card as you put Skullwinder's triggered ability on the stack, but you don't choose an opponent until after you have returned the card to your hand. (2022-06-10)
Printings & prices
Every set Skullwinder 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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