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Honest Rutstein

Honest Rutstein

Legendary Creature — Human Warlock

Honest Rutstein wants a deck that hurts every player at once and outlasts the pain. It also works in a deck built around Humans or Warlocks.

  • Mana cost1 genericblackgreen
  • Black, Green ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 2
  • RarityUncommon

When Honest Rutstein enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature spells you cast cost 1 generic less to cast.

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Cards That Fit Honest Rutstein

Picked for what they do in Honest Rutstein's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Honest Rutstein's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Honest Rutstein

explain how Honest Rutstein works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 12 Apr 2024

Honest Rutstein’s last ability can’t reduce the amount of colored mana you pay for a spell. It reduces only the generic mana component of that spell’s cost.

Wizards of the Coast 12 Apr 2024

Honest Rutstein’s last ability doesn’t change the mana cost or mana value of any spell. It changes only the total cost you pay to cast creature spells.

2 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

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Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryBGPlayers write colors as letters: B for black, G for green.Group SlugGroup Slug decks hurt every player at the table at once, then make sure they can survive the pain better than anyone else. Typical cards make each player take damage or lose life whenever they draw, cast a spell or tap a land for mana.Open the Group Slug pageCost ModificationChanges what a spell costs to cast: cheaper for you, or more expensive for everyone. It is the broad family; Cost Reducer and Spell Tax say which direction a given card goes. Herald's Horn, Foundry InspectorOpen the Cost Modification pageCost ReducerMakes your own spells cheaper to cast. A discount every turn adds up faster than a single burst of mana. Herald's Horn, Foundry InspectorOpen the Cost Reducer page