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CardName: Returning Top Swap Cost: {1}{U} Type: Instant Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Kicker {1}{U} Return up to one target permanent you control to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, return up to two target permanents you control to their owners' hands instead. Top Swap (As this spell resolves, you may put a card from your hand on the bottom of your library. If you do, draw a card, then put this card on top of your library.) Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Ideas Manifested Uncommon

Returning Top Swap
{1}{u}
 
 U 
Instant
Kicker {1}{u}
Return up to one target permanent you control to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, return up to two target permanents you control to their owners' hands instead.
Top Swap (As this spell resolves, you may put a card from your hand on the bottom of your library. If you do, draw a card, then put this card on top of your library.)
Updated on 16 May 2024 by RatLantern

History:

2024-05-16 23:04:18: RatLantern created the card Returning Top Swap

The prompt for this was, "what is safe to put in blue with top swap". I... don't think this is the answer, really. It can blank removal, and can help you get value out of your etb creatures. That's pretty neat, but maybe it does nothing unless it is comboing?

Top Swap means this'll be available for the player casting it essentially every turn. Maybe that blanks removal too well? Discourages trying to interact because your opponent will just bounce their thing? I'll have to think about it.

Kicker is to just experiment with having additional effects on kicker with this mechanic. Maybe what we do instead, is to have one effect like Surveil or somesuch, and the kicker returns a permanent they control to its owner's hand?

Is it clear that you could bounce a permanent, and then use the Top Swap bottoming effect to bottom the card you pick up? Is that interesting or useful?

2024-05-16 23:06:52: RatLantern edited Returning Top Swap:

Kicked only affects your own permanents

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