Living Death
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander 185 • rare
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
- Collector number
- 185
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Mark Winters
- Market price
- $6.25
What it does
Each player exiles all creature cards from their graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures they control, then puts all cards they exiled this way onto the battlefield.
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
Living Death was originally introduced in the Tempest expansion of Magic: The Gathering in 1997, designed by Mike Elliott. It is a powerful sorcery that forces players to exchange their current battlefield presence with all creature cards in their graveyards. Mechanically, it serves as a chaotic board reset that rewards players for filling their graveyards, fitting the 'reanimation' archetype that has become a staple of black-aligned strategies in the game.
The version from the Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander set, collector number 185, utilizes updated frame treatments consistent with the product's intent to provide players with accessible versions of iconic cards. While the original art featured the grim, atmospheric style typical of late-90s fantasy, these reprints maintain the functional legacy of the card within the Commander format. It remains highly regarded among players for its ability to shift the momentum of a game instantly, reflecting the high-variance design philosophy of early Magic sets.
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