Grim Discovery

Grim Discovery Status

Is grim discovery still in pie for black?( return a creature and/or a land card from your grave to hand.)

It was always a bend.

Bend / Break Black Creatures Grim Discovery Lands Your Hand

Grim Discovery Mechanics

"black can get back creatures, but not land" -- Is Grim Discovery a break or a bend?

A bend.

Bend / Break Black Creatures Grim Discovery Lands

Grim Discovery Analysis

Is Grim Discovery from Zendikar a break or a bend?

It’s a bend. Black usually just puts creature cards from graveyard to hand.

Bend / Break Black Creatures Grim Discovery The Graveyard Your Hand Zendikar

Black's Recursion Ability

Back in Fifth Dawn, black got Beacon of Unrest as a rare, which allowed it to recur artifacts. Then in Zendikar, black got Grim Discovery as a common, which allowed it to recur lands. Does this mean that black can recur more than just creatures? Or is it because Fifth Dawn was an artifact block and Zendikar was a land block? Because I really like at least the idea of "Black questing for forgotten artifacts of power" being used with it recurring artifacts.

When a set has a major theme in a certain area we will bleed certain colors a little to help each of the five colors get to play in the theme. That’s what was going on in the examples above.

Artifacts Beacon of Unrest Black Colors Creatures Fifth Dawn Grim Discovery Lands Rares Zendikar

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