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Karmic Guide

Card Name

Karmic Guide

Mana Cost

3

Type

Creature – Angel Spirit

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Flying, protection from blackEcho
3
 (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)When this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

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

Rulings

(6/18/2021)
Paying for echo is always optional. When the echo triggered ability resolves, if you can't pay the echo cost or choose not to, you sacrifice that permanent.
(6/18/2021)
Your permanent's echo ability will trigger at the beginning of your upkeep if it entered the battlefield since the beginning of your last upkeep, or if you gained control of it since the beginning of your last upkeep.