Repeal

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Character Background

Repeal is a classic blue tempo/control tool: at instant speed it trades a card plus a variable amount of mana for the immediate removal of a nonland permanent and then draws you back up, which both disrupts your opponent’s timing and replaces itself. It best supports tempo and control plans—bounce a 3-drop threatening your board on turn four, or pay X=5 to reset a planeswalker—and it’s excellent in decks that want flexible answers rather than hard removal. A specific synergy is with enter-the-battlefield value creatures (Mulldrifter, Solemn Simulacrum) or with Snapcaster Mage: bouncing your own ETB creatures to reuse their effects or flashback Repeal from the graveyard gives extra inevitability. Deckbuilding tip: pair Repeal with cheap threats and cantrips (Delver/tempo shells) so the bounce buys you time to close the game, and consider a small graveyard/flashback package to convert Repeal into repeatable tempo advantage.

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