Animate Dead

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: Bastien L. Deharme

Released: 2026-04-24

Finishes: Nonfoil

Market price

• TCGplayer: $7.68
• Cardmarket: €6.69
• MTGO tix: 0.21

Other languages

The same printing (Secrets of Strixhaven Commander #207) in 9 other languages.

• Deutsch · Belebung der Toten
• Español · Animar a los muertos
• Français · Animation des morts
• Italiano · Animare i Morti
• 日本語 · 動く死体
• 한국어
• Português · Reviver Cadáver
• 简体中文 · 尸变
• 繁體中文

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.

Truncated: 5 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 9 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 16 lists
• Played in 1 decks
• 17 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

• The real Bracket 5 Sephiroth {B}1 copy · 100 cards · bracket 4
• STAXsunari {B}{G}{U}1 copy · 100 cards · bracket 4
• Tombstone - Enhanced Deck {B}{G}{U}{W}4 copies · 60 cards · official precon
• Graveborn {B}{G}{R}{U}{W}3 copies · 60 cards · official precon

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