Dwell on the Past
Torment 124 • uncommon
- Set
- Torment
- Collector number
- 124
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- green mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Rebecca Guay
- Market price
- $0.32
What it does
Target player shuffles up to four target cards from their graveyard into their library.
None can find what hasn't been lost.— Nantuko teaching
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Dwell on the Past was released in February 2002 as part of the Torment expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Designed as part of the game's focus on the black-aligned plane of the Cabal, the set explored themes of decay, memory, and graveyards. This card functions as a graveyard utility spell, reflecting the set's mechanical emphasis on manipulating cards within discard piles.
The artwork was commissioned from Rebecca Guay, a prolific contributor to the game known for her distinctive, ethereal watercolor style. Guay’s illustration captures the reflective, melancholic nature of the spell’s flavor text, portraying a contemplative figure surrounded by swirling memories. It remains a representative example of the shift toward more atmospheric and painterly artistic directions in the early 2000s.
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