Karmic Guide
Every rules interaction we've explained for Karmic Guide, alongside Wizards of the Coast's official rulings. Pick a combo below, or check it against a card we haven't covered yet.
Oracle text
Flying, protection from black
Echo 
(At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Explained interactions
Official rulings
2021-06-18- Wizards of the Coast · 2021-06-18
Paying for echo is always optional. When the echo triggered ability resolves, if you can't pay the echo cost or choose not to, you sacrifice that permanent.
Official rulings, quoted verbatim via Scryfall. Not AI-generated.
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