Confront the Past
Strixhaven: School of Mages 67 • rare
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Collector number
- 67
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- X mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Kieran Yanner
- Market price
- $0.27
What it does
Choose one —
• Return target planeswalker card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
• Remove twice X loyalty counters from target planeswalker an opponent controls.
"Why, Gideon? Of all people, why save me?"
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Confront the Past was released in 2021 as part of the Strixhaven: School of Mages set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It was designed as a rare sorcery tied to the silverquill college, a faction within the set's academic theme that emphasizes the power of words, eloquence, and manipulation of the past. Mechanically, the card serves as a thematic representation of academic research into history, allowing players to return a permanent card from their graveyard to their hand with an added scaling effect.
The artwork was created by Kieran Yanner, a prolific illustrator for the franchise known for his cinematic and character-focused style. For this piece, Yanner sought to evoke the scholarly atmosphere of Strixhaven, depicting a moment of arcane discovery amidst ancient, crumbling archives. The design was received as a functional, flavor-rich utility card that fits well within graveyard-focused strategies in the Commander format, garnering praise for its ability to bridge narrative storytelling with practical gameplay utility.
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