Can you use a bounce land on itself?
Asked by CaptainDeano 4 years ago
So if I play a Gruul Turf, can I use it’s ability to return itself to my hand?
SquirrelPenguin says... #3
Yes you can! However, this will put you at a mana disadvantage for not having the land on any given turn, and even if it was your only land in your hand, you would only want to play it with Landfall abilities like on Grove Rumbler or Lotus Cobra, because you would be revealing a card from your hand.
April 9, 2020 6:21 p.m.
Gidgetimer says... #4
Or if you have something that would untap it at instant speed. Titanbloom was a modern deck that took advantage of Amulet of Vigor and bounce lands. It was actually good enough that Summer Bloom got banned in modern solely because of it.
April 11, 2020 2:58 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #5
CaptainDeano: Correct answers to your questions have been up for a while. I marked one as the "Accepted answer" so that this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. Please remember to take care of this yourself in the future.
sergiodelrio says... Accepted answer #1
Yes, you can!
It doesn't specify which land, so, since its on the battlefield, is a legal target for its ETB trigger. Otherwise it would say "...return another land"
April 9, 2020 5:49 a.m.