diff --git a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/g/GorexTheTombshell.java b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/g/GorexTheTombshell.java
index 09770ddd69c..691fac1f249 100644
--- a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/g/GorexTheTombshell.java
+++ b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/g/GorexTheTombshell.java
@@ -128,11 +128,22 @@ class GorexTheTombshellReturnEffect extends OneShotEffect {
     @Override
     public boolean apply(Game game, Ability source) {
         Player player = game.getPlayer(source.getControllerId());
+        if (player == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        // exile zone corresponds to object on stack
+        // relative zcc depends on object zone (battlefield for attacks trigger, graveyard for dies)
+        // so try both zcc offsets to find zone
         ExileZone exileZone = game.getExile().getExileZone(CardUtil.getExileZoneId(
                 game, source.getSourceId(), source.getSourceObjectZoneChangeCounter() - 1
         ));
-        if (player == null || exileZone == null || exileZone.isEmpty()) {
-            return false;
+        if (exileZone == null || exileZone.isEmpty()) {
+            exileZone = game.getExile().getExileZone(CardUtil.getExileZoneId(
+                    game, source.getSourceId(), source.getSourceObjectZoneChangeCounter() - 2
+            ));
+            if (exileZone == null || exileZone.isEmpty()) {
+                return false;
+            }
         }
         return player.moveCards(exileZone.getRandom(game), Zone.HAND, source, game);
     }