But that still provides a greater-than-half chance you'll miss, which means you just made a worse play and now you are set back
The main contexts in which "return" is used are: Moving a card to the hand (except from the Main Deck or Extra Deck) Moving a card to the Main Deck or face-down Extra Deck Moving a banished card to the Graveyard Moving a temporarily banished card back to the location it was banished from Giving control of a monster back to its previous controller, after it had changed control Placing a revealed or looked at card back in its original position Placing excavated cards back in the Deck Contents Returning to the hand or Deck[edit] Moving a card from any location to the hand, except from the Main Deck, Extra Deck, or opponent's hand, is considered returning it to the hand
WotC is still theoretically running the 'once a year' plan - but we have also had some of those 'emergency bans' pop up since the firm adopted it
Here's the latest MTG banlist news: Latest MTG banlist update Next MTG banlist update MTG banlist for every format Universally banned MTG cards MTG banlist FAQs Latest MTG banlist update The last Magic: The Gathering Banned and Restricted update was June 29, 2026
Each one can represent two different Roles via its two-part frame, with one part being printed upside down