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Returned Pastcaller

Creature — Spirit Cleric

Flying
When this creature enters, return target Spirit, instant, or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{3}{R}{R/W}{W}
Color identity
RW
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Strixhaven: School of Mages
Price
$0.16
EDHREC rank
#21240
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Returned Pastcaller card art
Returned Pastcaller enters the battlefield and immediately returns an instant or sorcery from your graveyard to your hand — a free spell-recovery stapled to a body. The six-mana cost is real, but in spellslinger shells that want a Storm-Kiln Artist trigger and a rebuying target in the same turn, the tempo hit pays for itself.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Returned Pastcaller lives — spellslinger and reanimator decks both want what it does, and the singleton format tolerates the high mana cost better than anything else. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's simply too slow; a six-mana 3/3 that recurs one spell doesn't compete with the pace of those formats, and more efficient recursion exists at every price point. Oathbreaker can work if your signature spell is an instant or sorcery worth replaying repeatedly, but the window is narrow.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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DisplacePeregrine DrakeReturned Pastcaller

DisplacePeregrine DrakeReturned Pastcaller

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite blinking; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite untap of lands you control

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Price Context

Current price

$0.16 bulk tier

At $0.16, Returned Pastcaller is deep bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if the effect fits your deck. Bulk mythics and rares hold value; bulk commons and uncommons like this one don't, so treat it as a near-free slot rather than a purchase you're weighing.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.