---
name: "Honest Rutstein"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Warlock"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: []
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "370"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Javier Charro"
oracle_id: "439bf6d1-bd65-474b-a70c-7fdd446de4bb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/honest-rutstein-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Honest Rutstein
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Warlock
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2

## Oracle Text
When Honest Rutstein enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ardent Elementalist](/printing/ardent-elementalist-plst.md) — Creature — Human Shaman
2. [Rimekin Recluse](/printing/rimekin-recluse-ecl.md) — Creature — Elemental Wizard
3. [Priest of Fell Rites](/printing/priest-of-fell-rites-fic.md) — Creature — Human Warlock
4. [Barrow Witches](/printing/barrow-witches-eld.md) — Creature — Human Warlock
5. [Izzet Chronarch](/printing/izzet-chronarch-cmd.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Undertaker](/printing/undertaker-tsb.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #370
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Javier Charro
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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