Living Death
From the Vault: Annihilation 8 • mythic
- Set
- From the Vault: Annihilation
- Collector number
- 8
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Mark Winters
- Finish
- Foil
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, serving as a powerful board-wipe mechanic that forces players to exchange their graveyard contents with their battlefield. As a cornerstone of black-aligned graveyard strategy, the card became a staple for its ability to create dramatic, high-variance shifts in gameplay state, embodying the chaotic, necromantic themes of the Weatherlight Saga.
This specific iteration appears in the 2014 From the Vault: Annihilation collection, a premium box set curated by Wizards of the Coast to showcase the most iconic and powerful board-sweeping spells in the history of Magic: The Gathering. The card features updated, haunting art by Izzy, who sought to capture the visceral, dark aesthetic of mass resurrection, distinguishing this version from the original artwork while maintaining the game's evolving visual language.
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