Dance of the Dead
Ice Age 118 • uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Collector number
- 118
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Randy Gallegos
- Market price
- $14.62
What it does
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." Put enchanted creature card onto the battlefield tapped 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/+1 and doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may pay 1 generic mana black mana. If the player does, untap that creature.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Dance of the Dead was released in 1995 as part of the Ice Age expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, this set was themed around a glacial apocalypse and introduced mechanics focused on graveyard interaction and resource management. The card itself functions as an enchantment that reanimates a creature from a graveyard, reflecting the gothic and macabre aesthetic prevalent in early Magic design.
The artwork for this card was created by illustrators Dan Frazier and Richard Thomas. Their design emphasizes the haunting, necromantic nature of the card's effect, capturing a sense of unsettling motion that became a hallmark of the game's early aesthetic. While the card is often cited by players for its complex mechanical rules regarding upkeep costs and creature debuffs, it remains a notable example of the dark, evocative visual style that defined the mid-nineties era of the game.
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