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Hunt for Specimens

Hunt for Specimens

Sorcery

common

Create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life." Learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)

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Semantic Tags

Cantripmechanical

A spell that replaces itself by drawing a card as part of its resolution.

Card Drawmechanical

Puts additional cards into your hand. Includes direct draw, 'look/reveal and put into hand' effects, and conditional draw triggers.

Dies Triggersmechanical

Benefits from creatures or permanents dying — death triggers, blood artist effects.

Life Gainmechanical

Gains you life. Relevant for lifegain-matters strategies and general survivability.

Draw-then-discard or discard-then-draw effects that improve hand quality without net card advantage.

Creates creature tokens, Treasure tokens, Food tokens, Clue tokens, or other token types.

Format Legality

commanderlegal
oathbreakerlegal
modernlegal
pioneerlegal
standardnot legal
legacylegal
vintagelegal
pauperlegal
historiclegal
explorernot legal
alchemynot legal

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Printings (1)

SetRarityTCGplayerCard KingdomCardmarket
Strixhaven: School of Mages#73common···

Related Concepts

Learn

A keyword action that lets a player add a Lesson card to their hand from outside the game or discard a card to draw a card. See rule 701.48, “Learn.”

Related Rules

701.48

Learn

701.48a

“Learn” means “You may discard a card. If you do, draw a card. If you didn’t discard a card, you may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand.”

Rulings

2021-04-16

If instructed to learn, you may do nothing. Discarding a card and putting a Lesson card into your hand are both optional.

2021-04-16

If you bring a card into the game from outside the game in a Sealed Deck or Booster Draft event, you may select only a card that is in the card pool that you built your deck from.

2021-04-16

If a card is brought into the game from outside the game, it will stay in the game until it ends or until its owner leaves the game, whichever comes first.

2021-04-16

If you bring a card into the game from outside the game in a Constructed tournament (or a Constructed game played under tournament conditions), you may select only a card from your sideboard. In casual Constructed games, the card comes from your collection.