Living Death
Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition 31 • rare
- Set
- Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition
- Collector number
- 31
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Charles Gillespie
- Market price
- $3.12
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 released in the 1997 Tempest set, representing the nightmarish reality of the Phyrexians reclaiming fallen soldiers for their own twisted ends. This specific printing comes from the 2010 Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition, a thematic set designed to recreate the historic conflict between the mechanical horrors of Phyrexia and the unified resistance of Dominaria. It serves as a narrative bridge in the game's long-running lore, highlighting the dark necromancy central to Phyrexian ideology.
The artwork for this version features a haunting illustration that reinforces the card's mechanical ability to swap all creatures between the battlefield and the graveyard. In the context of the Duel Decks series, which paired iconic decks against one another, this card was selected to provide players with a powerful, game-altering reset button. It was well-received by fans of the game for its strategic complexity and its thematic alignment with the relentless, cycle-based nature of the Phyrexian threat.
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