Macabre Waltz
Dissension 47 • common
- Set
- Dissension
- Collector number
- 47
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Jim Murray
- Market price
- $0.05
What it does
Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand, then discard a card.
"All dead move to the hollow rhythm of necromancy."— Savra
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Macabre Waltz was released in May 2006 as part of the Dissension set, the final expansion in the original Ravnica: City of Guilds block for Magic: The Gathering. Set within the sprawling, ecumenical city-plane of Ravnica, this card represents the grim aesthetic of the Golgari Swarm, a guild defined by their stewardship of life, death, and decomposition. Mechanically, the card allows players to return two creature cards from their graveyard to their hand, a staple effect for the black color identity that emphasizes the resource management and recycling themes central to the set.
The card features artwork by the illustrator Terese Nielsen, whose distinctive style captures the ethereal and decaying atmosphere of the Golgari. Nielsen utilized a moody, somber color palette to depict the cycle of life and death, reflecting the guild's philosophy that nothing in nature is truly wasted. Upon its release, the card was well-received by players for its thematic resonance and utility in Limited formats, and it has since remained a recognizable piece of Magic's mid-2000s design era.
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