Homesickness

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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
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About Homesickness

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