| Name | Homesickness  |
|---|---|
| Type | Instant |
| Description | Target player draws two cards. Tap up to two target creatures. Put a stun counter on each of them. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.) |
| Flavor | "We know you're working hard. Dress warm and get enough sleep. Dad says hi!" —Love, Mom |
| Artist | Caroline Gariba |
| Set | Secrets of Strixhaven #53 |
| Wallpaper |  download |
| Image |  download |
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Homesickness, Instant, designed by Caroline Gariba first released in Apr, 2026 in the set Secrets of Strixhaven.
Homesickness is a classic blue tempo/control tool, so it would fit best in a control or tempo deck that wants to slow the opponent down while gaining incremental advantage—especially a mid‑to‑late game blue deck that can afford a six‑mana play and cares about tapping down key attackers to stabilize. However, at **4UU**, this is likely too expensive for competitive play: drawing two cards is normally worth around three mana (like *Divination*), and tapping creatures with stun counters is useful but not typically worth another three mana at sorcery speed unless it swings the game dramatically. Compared to alternatives, *Cryptic Command* is far stronger (counter/draw/tap/bounce at instant speed for four mana), *Sleep* can lock down an entire board for four mana in aggressive blue shells, and *Frost Titan* or *Icefall Regent* provide repeatable tap effects attached to meaningful threats. Even pure draw spells like *Memory Deluge* or *Fact or Fiction* generate more impactful advantage for s
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