Turn Inside Out
Mana Cost:
Type: Instant
Oracle Text:
Target creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn. When it dies this turn, manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: common
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Duskmourn: House of Horror
Price ( USD): $0.15
USD: $0.15 · EUR: €0.09
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Character Background
Turn Inside Out is a one‑mana instant that primarily supports aggressive and tempo game plans: it turns a modest creature into a surprise 3‑power threat to push damage, force trades, or bait removal at instant speed. Its second clause—when it dies this turn, manifest dread—gives a built‑in consolation prize, turning opponent answers into a face‑down 2/2 and a bit of deck digging (one of the top two goes to the yard), so the card also fits value or sacrifice builds that exploit creatures dying. Specific synergies include packing cheap 1‑drops or haste enablers to convert +3/+0 into lethal, and pairing with sacrifice outlets or death‑trigger payoffs so the forced death becomes a feature rather than a bug. In deckbuilding, prioritize high‑tempo bodies that benefit from attacking and cards that can flip or profit from face‑down creatures; thematically it reads as a violent inversion—exposing inner dread as the creature is turned inside out.
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