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Recurring Nightmare

Card Name

Recurring Nightmare

Mana Cost

2

Type

Enchantment

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Sacrifice a creature, Return Recurring Nightmare to owner's hand: Put target creature card from your graveyard into play. Play this ability as a sorcery.

Flavor Text

"I am confined by sleep and defined by nightmare." —Crovax

Legal Formats

Legacy, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Banned Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(4/15/2013)
If you cast this as normal during your main phase, it will enter the battlefield and you'll receive priority. If no abilities trigger because of this, you can activate its ability immediately, before any other player has a chance to remove it from the battlefield.