Hurkyl's Recall (Original Art)

Hurkyl’s Recall is a two-mana blue instant, first printed in Antiquities (1994), that returns all artifacts target player owns to their hand. It’s one of the most iconic blue spells in Magic’s history, known both as a combo enabler and a devastating sideboard card. Its a very flexible card, that can reset an entire board of artifacts, either defensively (to survive) or offensively (to reuse your artifacts). In recent competitive play, Hurkyl’s Recall has had the most notable presence in Modern. It’s primary role functions as an anti-artifact sideboard card versus decks like Affinity and Hardened Scales. This card can cause for some instant-speed blowouts during combat or end step, bouncing almost their entire board. In Vintage, Hurkyl’s Recall remains a true classic as one of the format’s oldest and most important spells. Since Vintage is defined by artifact mana, Hurkyl’s Recall can completely reset an opponent’s mana base, often at instant speed before a lethal turn. Blue combo decks (like Paradoxical Outcome or Storm) use it both defensively to survive, and as a ritual-like bounce engine for their own artifacts. Most control decks (e.g. Gifts Control, Esper Lurrus, Dimir Control) use this card as anti-MUD (Workshop) tech from the sideboard. Hurkyl’s Recall is not on the Reserved List.