That proved too powerful and was redesigned to its current iteration. Instead of drawing a card you could just put the reclaim card in your hand. I’m pretty sure dredge was first spoiled on Grave-Shell Scarab in September of that year during the preview of the set’s mechanics, but it was a different time so I can’t be 100% sure.ĭredge was originally called “reclaim” and was basically a regrowth effect.

But we don’t have much info on how it was initially revealed thanks to its age. The History of Dredge in MTGĭredge was one of the many now-iconic parts of the Ravnica block from 2005. Did you play Cerulean Wisps? One more chance to dredge at instant speed.ĭredge also can’t be responded to since it’s a replacement ability that doesn’t use the stack.

Have you got a Howling Mine in play? That’s two chances to dredge. This triggers every time you go to draw a card. If you do, put the card with dredge in your hand. If you have a card with dredge in your graveyard, you can mill N cards from the top of your decks whenever you draw a card, where N is the number next to the dredge keyword on the card.

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Mtg goldfish dredge