When Honest Rutstein enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature spells you cast cost less to cast.
Honest Rutstein is a creatures-matter value engine: he refills your hand on entry and makes every creature spell cheaper, letting you flood the board faster than opponents. You grind through the early game with mana dorks and recursion, then snowball into big creatures, sacrifice loops, or wide boards that close games. Reanimation and graveyard recursion keep your gas flowing all game.
Built-in card advantage that returns a creature every time he enters or recasts
Universal creature cost reduction accelerates your whole curve and big-mana payoffs
Golgari graveyard recursion makes him resilient and hard to grind out
Synergizes with go-wide, aristocrats, and reanimator shells equally well
Cost reduction only helps creatures, doing nothing for noncreature spells or combos
No evasion or protection on a fragile 3-mana body
Vulnerable to graveyard hate that shuts off recursion plans
Can be slow against fast combo or dedicated stax without a strong early curve
Legendary Creature — Human Warlock
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