Soul Manipulation

Instant, 1UB (3)
Choose one or both - Counter target creature spell; and/or return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.¹
"Birth and death are both reversible."
-Nicol Bolas
Illus. Carl Critchlow

Gatherer Card Rulings [Nov 2009]

• 5/1/2009: You may choose just the first mode (targeting a creature spell), just the second mode (targeting a creature card in your graveyard), or both modes (targeting a creature spell and a creature card in your graveyard). You can't choose a mode unless there's a legal target for it.
• 5/1/2009: If you choose both modes, you choose their targets at the same time. You can't counter your own creature spell and then return that card from your graveyard to your hand.

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended, Standard, MTGO Classic
Printings (1/9)	Alara Reborn (Common)