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Dearly Departed

“The dead shall rest in peace. I can’t say the same for you.”

It appears you have some skeletons in your closet: Lingering guilt over the dearly departed. Perhaps you hold yourself responsible for their premature demise. Perhaps they represent a moment of weakness, where you made a terrible decision you know you can’t take back. Or perhaps their memory haunts you for another reason entirely.

Enigma has not the ability to summon spirits. Not truly. The dead are gone, and any lingering spirits are not subject to his powers. However, the memories they left behind are simple enough for the Master Illusionist to conjure and wield as both sword and shield.

It’s time to face your past, and he means that quite literally.

I jumped on this YCH from LittleBadWolf in December of 2023 precisely because it inspired a card idea that I had to capture while the iron was hot.

Nothing too fancy, but since reanimation is now valued at four mana, it makes sense that it could be done at instant speed for 5-mana.