Braids's Frightful Return
~$0.20 low · ~$0.28 high
Black. Enchantment — Saga
Dominaria United #85 · Illustrated by Dominik Mayer
Dominaria United #85 · Illustrated by Dominik MayerWhat is Braids's Frightful Return worth?
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Oracle text
Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.)
I — You may sacrifice a creature. If you do, each opponent discards a card.
II — Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
III — Target opponent may sacrifice a nonland, nontoken permanent of their choice. If they don't, they lose 2 life and you draw a card.
Format legality
The only printing of Braids's Frightful Return
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dominaria United dmu #85· 2022uncommon· Cardmarket €0.09 · €0.32 foil | uncommon | $0.20 | $0.28 | €0.09€0.32 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2022
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #11,893 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Read Ahead
- Artist
- Dominik Mayer
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Dominaria United card (#85).
085 · DMU · U · EN
- 085Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- DMUSet code for Dominaria United
- UUncommon
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Braids's Frightful Return, read from the Dominaria United printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Braids's Frightful Return. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 3: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Enchantment is the card type. Saga is the subtype, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does. Italic text in brackets is reminder text: it explains a rule and has no effect on the game.
- Illustration
- By Dominik Mayer. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Dominaria United. Silver means uncommon.
- Collector number
- 085 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Rarity letter
- U = uncommon
- Set code
- DMU = set code for Dominaria United
- Language
- EN = printed in English
- Artist
- Dominik Mayer, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Keywords
- Read AheadCR 702.155
- Defined in the Comprehensive Rules at the rule above.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
Rulings (1)
2022-09-09
As a Saga with read ahead enters the battlefield, its controller chooses a number from one to that Saga’s greatest chapter number. The Saga enters the battlefield with the chosen number of lore counters. Neither choosing the number nor putting the counters on the Saga use the stack, and neither can be responded to.
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