Sweep

For board sweep, see board wipe.

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Sweep
Ability Word
Introduced	Saviors of Kamigawa
Last used	Saviors of Kamigawa
Typical Text	Sweep — Return any number of [basic land] you control to their owner's hand. ...
Storm Scale	8
Scryfall Statistics
cards

Sweep is an ability word first introduced in Saviors of Kamigawa.

Rulings

• Sweep cards require you to return some number of a specific type of basic land card to your hand as they resolve. The rest of the card's effect depends on how many land cards were returned.
• Lands with multiple basic land types can be returned to your hand with any sweep card that applies to one of those land types.

Examples

Example

Plow Through Reito
Instant — Arcane
Sweep — Return any number of Plains you control to their owner's hand. Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each Plains returned this way.