Homesickness

Secrets of Strixhaven #53

Type: Instant

Mana cost: {4}{U}{U}

Card text: Target player draws two cards. Tap up to two target creatures. Put a stun counter on each of them. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Rarity: uncommon

Artist: Caroline Gariba

""We know you're working hard. Dress warm and get enough sleep. Dad says hi!" —Love, Mom"

Released: April 24, 2026

Prices

$0.11 USD · $0.18 USD (Foil) · €0.06 EUR

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Format Legality

Format	Legality
Standard	✓ Legal
Pioneer	✓ Legal
Modern	✓ Legal
Legacy	✓ Legal
Commander	✓ Legal
Vintage	✓ Legal
Pauper	✗ Not Legal
Oathbreaker	✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Homesickness in Secrets of Strixhaven limited

common

Deluge Virtuoso

Creature — Human Wizard

Deluge Virtuoso already taps and stuns a creature, and Homesickness adds more stun counters to lock down multiple threats while drawing cards.

Procrastinate

Sorcery

Procrastinate puts multiple stun counters on a creature, and Homesickness can add even more stun counters to the same or different targets while providing card draw.

Rapier Wit

Instant

Rapier Wit taps and stuns a creature while drawing a card, creating a tempo advantage that Homesickness extends by adding more stun counters.

Fractal Mascot

Creature — Fractal Elk

Fractal Mascot taps and stuns a creature when it enters, and Homesickness can pile on more stun counters while drawing cards to find more threats.

mythic

Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer

Legendary Planeswalker — Ral

Ral's -1 ability makes opponents discard, and Homesickness draws you cards while locking down their remaining creatures with stun counters.

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