why is remand worth so much money
Economics forum
Posted on Aug. 13, 2014, 9:46 a.m. by poeticdegree
the one from the jace vs vraska deck
Rhadamanthus says... #4
You stop whatever your opponent did, usually setting him back a whole turn, and because of the draw effect you don't even have to spend a card to do it, just a couple mana. It's very popular in the Modern constructed format. Besides the JvV version and a few special promos, the last time it was printed was 9 years ago.
August 13, 2014 9:57 a.m.
poeticdegree says... #5
ohh and I was told of a thing called bouncing cards back to your hand also does that take affect
August 13, 2014 9:59 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #6
I don't understand the question. Could you be more specific?
August 13, 2014 10:03 a.m.
poeticdegree says... #7
I have friends who told me that you can use remand to bounce permanets back to your own hand
August 13, 2014 10:04 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #8
No, it can't. Remand only targets spells, and a card can only be a "spell" while it's on the stack, not on the battlefield or any other zone.
August 13, 2014 10:06 a.m.
poeticdegree says... #9
oh ok thx well I sold remand to a friend for a whole decent red and black deck so sucks for him
August 13, 2014 10:08 a.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #10
The "bounce" play is when you cast a spell, an opponent tries to counter it and you Remand your own spell to essentially get a 2-for-1. You aren't bouncing a permanent, you're bouncing your own spell so to speak.
August 13, 2014 10:16 a.m.
MSU_Iced_Z says... #11
Rhadamanthus is totally correct. However, I have a suspicion what your friends maybe meant, and maybe I can clarify. Remand
can bounce permanent SPELLS back to your hand, allowing you to recast them.
For example: You cast Goblin Guide
. While it's on the stack, your opponent casts Counterspell
. In response, with both of those still on the stack, you can cast Remand
targeting your own Goblin Guide, since it's still a spell. This will mean that Goblin Guide goes back to your hand and you'll draw a card from Remand, and Counterspell will do nothing, and then you can recast Goblin Guide.
This works with any spell you cast, not just a creature, and it's part of why Remand is so good, as you originally asked. It's very versatile.
August 13, 2014 10:19 a.m.
kungfuturtle says... #13
In combo decks it essentially is Time Walk at instant speed + Draw a card
August 13, 2014 2:01 p.m.
Named_Tawyny says... #15
Plus, it's absolutely deadly with Storm. Cast your storm spell, remand it (the copies still resolve) and the cast the storm spell again.
August 13, 2014 10:07 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #16
Storm doesn't actually play Remand , but I'm genuinely surprised and amazed at that interaction. I should try it out sometime.
August 13, 2014 10:40 p.m.
Named_Tawyny says... #17
Huh, really?
It just kinda jumped at me when I saw Remand and the concept of storm. Six mana up doubles your Grapeshot .
I guess I just assumed Storm players would be all over it.
Rhadamanthus says... #2
MTG Q&A is intended to be for rules-related questions. On the Forums page, each subforum has a description of what kinds of conversations go there. This is the perfect kind of topic for the Economics subforum.
It's a very good card.
August 13, 2014 9:51 a.m.