Long River's Pull
Mana Cost:
Type: Instant
Oracle Text:
Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.)
Counter target creature spell. If the gift was promised, instead counter target spell.
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: uncommon
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Bloomburrow
Price ( USD): $0.28
USD: $0.28 · EUR: €0.33
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Character Background
Long River's Pull reads like a blue tempo-control tool: at base cost it’s a cheap, instant-speed hedge against early creatures, but the Gift option converts it into a universal counter at the price of handing your opponent a card first — a clean representation of a river’s tug that pulls threats away while letting something slip through. It’s best in tempo or control shells that want flexible interaction: hold up two blue and stop a pumpy threat or, when the matchup justifies it, promise a gift to answer noncreature threats. Deckbuilding tip: run cantrips (Preordain/Opt/Brainstorm) or cheap one-drop cards you don’t mind promising so the “gift” is an expendable piece rather than a real tempo loss; it also pairs well with low-cost threats like Delver or tempo creatures with flash so you can both protect your game plan and benefit from countering a spell. Sideboard it into creature-light combo matchups when the upgrade to “counter any spell” swings unfavorable lines.
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