Magic: The Gathering

Recover

Tenth Edition 172 • common

Set: Tenth Edition
Collector number: 172
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: 2 generic mana black mana
Type: Sorcery
Colors: Black
Artist: Nelson DeCastro
Market price: $0.07

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$0.07market price via TCGplayer · Oct 7, 2026$0.06 – $0.08 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

This common card from the tenth edition of the series highlights the fundamental mechanic of recursion, allowing a player to retrieve a creature from their graveyard to their hand. Its inclusion in this foundational set emphasizes the importance of resource management and strategic recovery during gameplay.

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Card face

What it does

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Draw a card.

As Barrin exhumed his daughter's body, he finally realized the full price of his faith in Urza.

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Recover was released as part of the Tenth Edition core set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Serving as a foundational set, Tenth Edition was designed to provide a cohesive experience for players by featuring a curated selection of cards that had appeared throughout the game's history. The card functions as a common-rarity sorcery that allows a player to return a creature card from their graveyard to their hand, offering a functional utility that was standard for the green color identity during this era of the game.

The visual aesthetic of the card in this edition features artwork by Pete Venters, a prominent illustrator whose work spans many years of Magic: The Gathering’s history. Venters’ design for Recover emphasizes the theme of reclamation, utilizing organic tones to depict the recovery of a lost spirit or creature. Upon its release, the Tenth Edition was noted for being the first core set to introduce black-bordered cards to the base game, marking a significant transition in the visual presentation of the product line.

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About

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