Dread Return
The List DDQ-55 • uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- DDQ-55
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Svetlin Velinov
- Market price
- $0.63
What it does
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
The will to return can overpower the will to survive.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernBanned
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Dread Return was originally released in the 2006 Magic: The Gathering set Time Spiral. Designed as a sorcery with a powerful graveyard-recursion effect, it quickly became a staple in competitive formats due to its Flashback cost, which allows players to sacrifice three creatures to return a target creature card from their graveyard to the battlefield, bypassing traditional mana constraints.
The card appearing in The List, a curated selection of reprints inserted into modern Magic booster packs, reflects the ongoing utility of this design within the game's evolving meta-game. The original artwork by Chippy emphasizes the macabre, necromantic nature of the spell, depicting a figure being pulled back from the veil of death. Its reception among players has remained consistently high, as it serves as a cornerstone for various 'combo' and 'reanimator' strategies that prioritize efficiency and graveyard interaction.
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About Dread Return
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