---
name: "Confront the Past"
mana_cost: "{X}{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery — Lesson"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "STX-67"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Kieran Yanner"
oracle_id: "a92c1ffe-88b0-467c-883c-6ca3564a39e3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/confront-the-past-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Confront the Past
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery — Lesson

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Return target planeswalker card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
• Remove twice X loyalty counters from target planeswalker an opponent controls.

> *"Why, Gideon? Of all people, why save me?"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Aid the Fallen](/printing/aid-the-fallen-plst.md) — Sorcery
2. [The Elderspell](/printing/the-elderspell-pwar.md) — Sorcery
3. [Settle the Score](/printing/settle-the-score-dom.md) — Sorcery
4. [Honor the Past](/printing/honor-the-past-ysos.md) — Sorcery
5. [Counterpoint](/printing/counterpoint-mkc.md) — Instant
6. [Persist](/printing/persist-spg.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #STX-67
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Kieran Yanner
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`