Moment of Reckoning

Secrets of Strixhaven #205

Type: Sorcery

Mana cost: {3}{W}{W}{B}{B}

Card text: Choose up to four. You may choose the same mode more than once. • Destroy target nonland permanent. • Return target nonland permanent card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Rarity: rare

Artist: Néstor Ossandón Leal

"The archaics experience all of Arcavian history. Changing that fate threatens their very existence."

Released: April 24, 2026

Prices

$0.29 USD · $0.41 USD (Foil) · €0.17 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 Moment of Reckoning in Secrets of Strixhaven limited

common

Pull from the Grave

Sorcery

Returns creatures to hand that Moment of Reckoning can then reanimate directly to the battlefield. The life gain provides additional value while setting up your graveyard.

Cheerful Osteomancer // Raise Dead

Creature — Orc Warlock // Sorcery

Returns creatures to hand from graveyard, which Moment of Reckoning can then put directly into play. The prepare spell provides additional recursion value.

Eager Glyphmage

Creature — Cat Cleric

Creates an Inkling token when it enters, and Moment of Reckoning can both destroy it and reanimate it for repeated token generation. The enters trigger provides consistent value.

uncommon

Harsh Annotation

Instant

Destroys a creature and gives opponent an Inkling, which Moment of Reckoning can then destroy and potentially reanimate your own creature. Provides flexible removal and recursion.

mythic

Restoration Seminar

Sorcery — Lesson

Returns any nonland permanent from graveyard to battlefield, similar to one of Moment's modes but more flexible. Paradigm creates a repeatable engine with Moment's destruction mode.

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