Kishla Trawlers — ruling 1

You don’t choose a target for Kishla Trawlers’s ability at the time it triggers. Rather, a second “reflexive” ability triggers when you exile a creature card from your graveyard this way. You choose a target for that ability as it goes on the stack. Each player may respond to this triggered ability as normal.

Kishla Trawlers : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Kishla Trawlers 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

When this creature enters, you may exile a creature card from your graveyard. When you do, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

How it works : Kishla Trawlers

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1April 4, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
You don’t choose a target for Kishla Trawlers’s ability at the time it triggers. Rather, a second “reflexive” ability triggers when you exile a creature card from your graveyard this way. You choose a target for that ability as it goes on the stack. Each player may respond to this triggered ability as normal.
No other card is named in this ruling.