Pure Intentions
Card Information
Type: Instant — Arcane
Mana Cost: 
CMC: 1
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 25
Oracle Text
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.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- June 1, 2005
Discarding Pure Intentions to your own spell or ability doesn't trigger its abilities.
Source: wotc - June 1, 2005
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.
Source: wotc - June 1, 2005
Neither part cares who decides which card to discard — only the controller of the spell or ability matters.
Source: wotc - June 1, 2005
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.
Source: wotc
Price History
To study a single card is to glimpse the heart of a spell - a frozen moment of ambition, artistry, and arcane intent. Within each glyph lies a spark: a story untold, a duel turned, a destiny altered. Treat it not as mere parchment, dear seeker, but as a shard of the Multiverse itself.