Plot a Course, Flip the Script
Twists and Turns is a practical tool for green decks that care about exploration and incremental advantage. Twists and Turns gives your creatures consistent value by changing each explore into a scry one followed by the explore trigger. The enters the battlefield clause puts immediate pressure on combat and value lines by letting you target a creature to explore on cast. That sequence tightens card selection and board development without adding extra complexity to your turns.
The transform condition rewards steady land drops. When a land enters the battlefield under your control and you have seven or more lands Twists and Turns flips, creating a payoff for long games and land intensive strategies. Use this card in midrange and ramp builds that want reliable card filtering and repeatable explore triggers with minimal setup. The Lost Caverns of Ixalan framing fits its design by linking exploration with slow growth and eventual transformation.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {G}
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Card Type – Enchantment
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – If a creature you control would explore, instead you scry 1, then that creature explores. When Twists and Turns enters the battlefield, target creature you control explores. When a land enters the battlefield under your control, if you control seven or more lands, transform Twists and Turns.
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Power / Toughness – N A