---
name: "Paradoxical Outcome"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "KLD"
set_name: "Kaladesh"
collector_number: "60"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Nils Hamm"
oracle_id: "2cce7250-f8f9-4c0a-87b1-ba3c5b8ed6b3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/paradoxical-outcome-kld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Paradoxical Outcome
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Return any number of target nonland, nontoken permanents you control to their owners' hands. Draw a card for each card returned to your hand this way.

> *Die Ergebnisse von Rashmis Experimenten zwangen sie, anzuerkennen, dass es viel mehr Realitäten gibt als nur die ihre.*

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3. [Repulse](/printing/repulse-wc02.md) — Instant
4. [Quicksilver Geyser](/printing/quicksilver-geyser-mbs.md) — Instant
5. [Flood of Tears](/printing/flood-of-tears-voc.md) — Sorcery
6. [Rescue](/printing/rescue-dom.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Kaladesh (KLD) #60
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Nils Hamm
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

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