MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #32

Diminishing Returns

DIGITAL ONLY

me1·#32·rare·foil

Illus. Allen Williams

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Sep '07

19 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #17,158 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.03

Nonfoil$0.03

Gameplay

Sorcery

Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library. You exile the top ten cards of your library. Then each player draws up to seven cards.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2016-06-08wotc

Each player chooses to draw any number of cards from zero to seven. First the player whose turn it is chooses how many cards to draw, then draws those cards, then each other player in turn order does the same.

2016-06-08wotc

The exiled cards are exiled face up. You’ll see them before you choose how many cards to draw.

2016-06-08wotc

Diminishing Returns won’t be put into your graveyard until after it’s finished resolving, which means it won’t be shuffled into your library as part of its own effect.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME1 — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #32 of *Masters Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2007 Masters Edition release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{U}{U} (4 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #17,158 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Allen Williams. Rarix catalogs 238 other cards credited to this artist.