Magic: The Gathering

Midnight Recovery

Gatecrash 73 • common

Set: Gatecrash
Collector number: 73
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: 3 generic mana black mana
Type: Sorcery
Colors: Black
Artist: Peter Mohrbacher
Market price: $0.12

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$0.12market price via TCGplayer · Aug 19, 2026$0.09 – $0.14 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

This common sorcery card from the Gatecrash set features artwork by Peter Mohrbacher. As a common, it serves as an accessible and foundational element within the game's expansive catalog of cards.

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What it does

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperLegal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Midnight Recovery was released in 2013 as part of the Gatecrash expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a common sorcery, it was designed to support the Orzhov Syndicate guild, a faction defined by its themes of life, death, and financial manipulation. Mechanically, the card was intended to provide players with a recurring resource effect, allowing them to return a creature card from their graveyard to their hand while utilizing the set's signature cipher mechanic to repeat the effect when dealing combat damage.

The artwork was created by Peter Mohrbacher, a prominent contributor to the game whose distinct, ethereal style often emphasizes mystical and surrealist elements. In this piece, Mohrbacher focuses on the dark, gothic aesthetic of the Orzhov, utilizing heavy shadows and light-tethered imagery to convey the necromantic nature of the spell. The card was well-received by limited-format players for its utility in grindy, defensive deck strategies common to the Gatecrash drafting environment.

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