Soulshift

Soulshift is a triggered ability on some Spirit creatures found in Champions of Kamigawa. The ability allows a player to return a, typically, less expensive Spirit creature card from his or her graveyard to his or her hand.

From the Comprehensive Rules

• 502.39. Soulshift
  • 502.39a Soulshift is a triggered ability. “Soulshift N” means “When this permanent is put into a graveyard from play, you may return target Spirit card with converted mana cost N or less from your graveyard to your hand.”
  • 502.39b If a permanent has multiple instances of soulshift, each triggers separately.

Rulings

• The soulshift number tells you the maximum converted mana cost of the Spirit card you can target.
• You choose whether or not to return the targeted creature card when the ability resolves.

Examples

• Thousand-legged Kami - {6}{G}{G}
  Creature — Spirit
  6/6
  Soulshift 7 (When this is put into a graveyard from play, you may return target Spirit card with converted mana cost 7 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)
• Forked-Branch Garami - {3}{G}{G}
  Creature — Spirit
  4/4
  Soulshift 4, soulshift 4 (When this is put into a graveyard from play, you may return up to two target Spirit cards with converted mana cost 4 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)
• Kodama of the Center Tree - {4}{G}
  Legendary Creature — Spirit
  */*
  Kodama of the Center Tree’s power and toughness are each equal to the number of Spirits you control.
  Kodama of the Center Tree has soulshift X, where X is the number of Spirits you control.

Color percentages

• White = 19 %
• Blue = 0 %
• Red = 0 %
• Black = 33 %
• Green = 48 %