Boomerang
Tenth Edition 70 • common
- Set
- Tenth Edition
- Collector number
- 70
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Arnie Swekel
- Market price
- $0.25
What it does
Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
Early Jamuraan hunters devised a weapon that would return to its source. Tolarian Aethermancers developed a spell that skipped the weapon entirely.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Boomerang first appeared in the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, quickly becoming a staple of the blue color identity due to its efficient, versatile ability to return any permanent to its owner's hand. Its inclusion in the Tenth Edition base set in 2007 marked one of its final appearances in a core set, serving as a fundamental tool for tempo control and interactive play that defined early Magic strategy.
The Tenth Edition version features artwork by Arnie Swekel, who brought a dynamic, kinetic energy to the illustration. Swekel, a frequent contributor to the game during the mid-2000s, focused on capturing the physical motion of the spell in flight, aligning with the card's mechanical function of displacing objects. The aesthetic reflects the clean, modernized card frame introduced during this era, which aimed to improve readability while maintaining the classic visual language of the game.
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About Boomerang
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