Animate Dead
24 printings · from $6.82 to $738.09 · pictured: The Zeta Set #276
Market history and store offers below are for The Zeta Set #276; the range above covers the listed printings.
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: MSCHF
Released: 2026-09-02
Market price
- MTGO tix: 0
Other languages
The same printing (The Zeta Set #276) in 9 other languages.
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 112 lists
- Played in 9 decks
Decks that play this card
- The real Bracket 5 Sephiroth {B}
- STAXsunari {B}{G}{U}
- Tombstone - Enhanced Deck {B}{G}{U}{W}
- Graveborn {B}{G}{R}{U}{W}
All printings
| Set | # | Rarity | USD |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Zeta Set | 276 | uncommon | — |
| The Zeta Set | 34 | uncommon | — |
| The Zeta Set | 155 | uncommon | — |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Commander | 207 | uncommon | $7.65 |
| Secret Lair Drop | 2189 | rare | $44.49 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander | 125 | uncommon | $8.21 |
| 30th Anniversary Edition | 92 | uncommon | $21.53 |
| 30th Anniversary Edition | 389 | uncommon | $65.56 |
| Judge Gift Cards 2022 | 7 | rare | $74.49 foil |
| The List | EMA-78 | uncommon | $7.07 |
| Eternal Masters | 78 | uncommon | $7.22 |
| Vintage Masters | 104 | uncommon | — |
| Premium Deck Series: Graveborn | 16 | uncommon | $8.99 foil |
| Magic Online Theme Decks | A36 | uncommon | — |
| Masters Edition | 57 | uncommon | — |
| Fifth Edition | 140 | uncommon | $9.99 |
| Fourth Edition | 118 | uncommon | $8.40 |
| Summer Magic / Edgar | 93 | uncommon | $738.09 |
| Revised Edition | 93 | uncommon | $6.82 |
| Collectors' Edition | 93 | uncommon | $34.64 |
| Intl. Collectors' Edition | 93 | uncommon | $60.03 |
| Unlimited Edition | 93 | uncommon | $27.77 |
| Limited Edition Beta | 93 | uncommon | $293.32 |
| Limited Edition Alpha | 92 | uncommon | $282.40 |