Pure Intentions
- Mana cost
- {W}
- Type
- Instant — Arcane
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa #25 (rare)
- Price
- $0.30 USD
Whenever a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard cards this turn, return those cards from your graveyard to your hand.
When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard this card, return this card from your graveyard to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.
Pure Intentions has 1 printing, first in Saviors of Kamigawa (2005). EDHREC ranks it #28,784 among Commander cards. It appears most in Celestial Kirin decks (58 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Pure Intentions most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Celestial Kirin: 58 decks
- Oyobi, Who Split the Heavens: 36 decks
- Hikari, Twilight Guardian: 8 decks
- Colleen Wing, Street Samurai
Often played with Pure Intentions
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Discarding Pure Intentions to your own spell or ability doesn't trigger its abilities.
- : The first part of Pure Intentions is the effect of casting Pure Intentions. The second part is a triggered ability that triggers whenever an opponent's spell or ability causes a player to discard Pure Intentions.
- : Neither part cares who decides which card to discard — only the controller of the spell or ability matters.
- : If a spell or ability an opponent controls causes a player to discard multiple cards, such as Waking Nightmare or Three Tragedies, Pure Intentions doesn't return to hand until its triggered ability has resolved. A player can't discard the same Pure Intentions twice for the same discard effect.