Revive Your Strategy with Long Rest
Long Rest from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms offers a unique form of graveyard recursion that rewards careful deck construction and strategic patience. By targeting cards with different mana values in your graveyard, it allows you to return multiple key spells or creatures to your hand, refreshing resources in a way few green sorceries can match. Its flexibility scales with the investment of mana, making it a reliable way to extend your game plan or recover from a tough board state.
When you manage to return eight or more cards, Long Rest shifts from mere recovery to a powerful life reset that sets your life total back to your starting amount, reflecting the thematic "long rest" of revitalization. This effect synergizes especially well with decks that fill the graveyard quickly or manipulate mana values carefully, such as those running Scute Swarm or Fable of the Mirror-Breaker. Knowing when to capitalize on Long Rest can turn the tide of a game by replenishing both your hand and your health, a tactical advantage for any seasoned planeswalker.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost: {X}{G}{G}{G}
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Card Type: Sorcery
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Subtypes: —
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed): Return X target cards with different mana values from your graveyard to your hand. If eight or more cards were returned to your hand this way, your life total becomes equal to your starting life total. Exile Long Rest.
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Power / Toughness: —
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Loyalty: —
