Grim Return — ruling 1

You can choose a creature card in any player’s graveyard as long as that card was put there from the battlefield during the turn. A creature card that was put into a graveyard from anywhere else, such as a card that was discarded, can’t be chosen as the target.

Grim Return — ruling 2

Creature spells that are countered never entered the battlefield, so those cards can’t be chosen as the target of Grim Return.

Grim Return : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Grim Return is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

Choose target creature card in a graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Put that card onto the battlefield under your control.

How it works : Grim Return

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1July 1, 2013· Wizards of the Coast
You can choose a creature card in any player’s graveyard as long as that card was put there from the battlefield during the turn. A creature card that was put into a graveyard from anywhere else, such as a card that was discarded, can’t be chosen as the target.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2July 1, 2013· Wizards of the Coast
Creature spells that are countered never entered the battlefield, so those cards can’t be chosen as the target of Grim Return.
No other card is named in this ruling.