Animate Dead

Fourth Edition · #118 · uncommon · EN

$4.18

cheapest of 24 store offers · see all

market $7.17

Mana cost: {1}{B}

Type: Enchantment — Aura

Commonly played as: Recursion

Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When this Aura enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with this Aura." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach this Aura to it. When this Aura leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.

Artist: Anson Maddocks

Released: 1995-04-01

Finishes: Nonfoil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $7.17
  • Cardmarket: €6.57
  • MTGO tix: 0
$10.79$6.53
243 days of daily prices for Animate Dead: $8.09 to $7.17
2026-01-252026-11-12
243 days tracked · $8.09 → $7.17 (-11%) · low $6.53 · high $10.79
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Fourth Edition #118) in 9 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$4.18today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$4.82today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$5.00today
HFX GamesMP · 3 days agoMPregularCA$7.173 days ago
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$5.40today
TopDeck HeroHP · 3 days agoHPregularCA$8.743 days ago
Le Valet De CoeurHP · todayHPregularCA$8.99today
CardTraderSP · 3 days agoSPregular€5.773 days ago
Cosmic Radiance GamingMP · 3 days agoMPregularCA$9.223 days ago
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€6.63today
House Of CardsSP · 7 days agoSPregularCA$10.607 days ago
House Of CardsNM · 7 days agoNMregularCA$11.807 days ago
CardTraderDM · 3 days agoDMregular€7.623 days ago

Truncated: 11 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 24 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: not legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: not legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 8 lists
  • 11 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

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All printings of Animate Dead

USD · low $6.04 · high $933.47

Set#RarityUSD
The Zeta Set#276 · uncommon276uncommon—
The Zeta Set#34 · uncommon34uncommon—
The Zeta Set#155 · uncommon155uncommon—
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander#207 · uncommon207uncommon$7.50
Secret Lair Drop#2189 · rare2189rare$43.84
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander#125 · uncommon125uncommon$7.59
30th Anniversary Edition#389 · uncommon389uncommon$82.91
30th Anniversary Edition#92 · uncommon92uncommon$24.25
Judge Gift Cards 2022#7 · rare7rare$81.33 foil
The List#EMA-78 · uncommonEMA-78uncommon$6.04
Eternal Masters#78 · uncommon78uncommon$7.53
Vintage Masters#104 · uncommon104uncommon—
Premium Deck Series: Graveborn#16 · uncommon16uncommon$8.22 foil
Magic Online Theme Decks#A36 · uncommonA36uncommon—
Masters Edition#57 · uncommon57uncommon—
Fifth Edition#140 · uncommon140uncommon$9.23
Fourth Edition#118 · uncommon118uncommon$7.17
Summer Magic / Edgar#93 · uncommon93uncommon$933.47
Revised Edition#93 · uncommon93uncommon$7.67
Intl. Collectors' Edition#93 · uncommon93uncommon$60.03
Collectors' Edition#93 · uncommon93uncommon$35.18
Unlimited Edition#93 · uncommon93uncommon$28.84
Limited Edition Beta#93 · uncommon93uncommon$293.32
Limited Edition Alpha#92 · uncommon92uncommon$282.40