Stitch Together — ruling 1

Checks the number of cards in your graveyard when it starts resolving. You may drop below seven cards during resolution, but that won't stop it from resolving.

Stitch Together : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Stitch Together 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

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Threshold — Return that card from your graveyard to the battlefield instead if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.

Complete guide

Stitch Together is a versatile black sorcery that scales in power as your graveyard grows. While it typically acts as a simple recovery tool, it becomes a powerful reanimation spell once you reach the Threshold requirement.

What it Does

Stitch Together targets a creature card in your graveyard. Its effect depends entirely on how many cards are in your graveyard at the moment the spell resolves. If you have fewer than seven cards, the creature goes to your hand; if you have seven or more, the creature enters the battlefield.

Resolving Step by Step

First, you cast the spell and choose a target creature card in your graveyard. When the spell begins to resolve, the game checks the number of cards currently in your graveyard. If the 'Threshold' condition of seven or more cards is met, you move the creature directly to the battlefield. If not, the card is returned to your hand. Note that Stitch Together is still on the stack while it resolves, so it does not count itself toward the seven cards.

Common Mistakes

A common error is miscalculating the graveyard count during resolution. If an opponent uses an ability to exile cards from your graveyard in response to Stitch Together, and your total count drops below seven, the spell will revert to its basic effect of returning the card to your hand rather than the battlefield. However, once the spell starts resolving, the 'Threshold' check is locked in.

When to Play It

This card is best utilized in 'dredge' or self-mill strategies where you can quickly fill your graveyard. Unlike other reanimation spells, its low mana cost makes it highly efficient in the late game when your graveyard is naturally large.

Interaction examples

Basic Threshold Recovery

You have six cards in your graveyard and cast Stitch Together targeting a creature. Since you only have six cards, the creature returns to your hand. However, if you had one more land in there for a total of seven, that same creature would enter the battlefield instead.

Comparing Efficiency

Reanimate

While Reanimate is faster at one mana, it costs you life equal to the creature's mana value. If you have Threshold met, Stitch Together allows you to bring back a massive creature for two mana without any life loss, providing a safer alternative in the mid-to-late game.

Strategic Setup

Demonic Tutor

You use Demonic Tutor to find Stitch Together, which puts the Tutor into your graveyard after resolution. This brings your graveyard count from six to seven. Now, when you cast Stitch Together on your next turn, the Threshold is active, allowing you to return your best creature directly to the battlefield.

Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.

How it works : Stitch Together

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1October 4, 2004· Wizards of the Coast
Checks the number of cards in your graveyard when it starts resolving. You may drop below seven cards during resolution, but that won't stop it from resolving.
No other card is named in this ruling.