Animate Dead

Secret Lair Drop · #2189 · rare · EN

$39.39 · Foil $54.18

cheapest of 14 store offers · see all

market $43.84 · Foil $94.74

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: Iron Maiden

Released: 2025-10-13

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $43.84
  • Cardmarket foil (converted): $94.74
  • Cardmarket: €67.10
  • Cardmarket foil: €85.25
  • MTGO tix: 0
$96.68$25.59
233 days of daily prices for Animate Dead: $25.59 to $43.84
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 233 days tracked · $25.59 → $43.84 (+71%) · low $25.59 · high $96.68
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

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
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$39.39today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$40.57today
Face To Face GamesNM · todayNMregularCA$74.99today
CardTraderNM · 3 days agoNMregular€47.643 days ago
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$54.18today
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$54.72today
House Of CardsNM · foil · 3 days agoNMfoilCA$85.603 days ago
GamezillaNM · foil · todayNMfoilCA$88.10today
CardTraderSP · 3 days agoSPregular€56.573 days ago
CardTraderSP · foil · 3 days agoSPfoil€90.613 days ago

Truncated: 4 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 14 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 2 lists
  • 2 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