Raise Dead
Welcome Deck 2017 18 • common
- Set
- Welcome Deck 2017
- Collector number
- 18
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Carl Critchlow
- Market price
- $0.14
What it does
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
The earth cannot hold that which magic commands.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Raise Dead is a foundational black-mana spell in Magic: The Gathering, first appearing in the game's initial Alpha release in 1993. The version from the 2017 Welcome Deck represents the card's enduring presence in the game’s core identity, designed as a simple, effective tool for recovering creatures from the graveyard to the hand, embodying the necromantic flavor associated with black-aligned magic.
This specific iteration utilizes the updated frame introduced in the modern era of the game to ensure accessibility for new players. The art direction for this set focuses on clean, iconic imagery that adheres to the established visual language of the franchise, aiming to introduce novices to the mechanics of card advantage and resource management through a piece of card stock that has remained a functional constant for decades.
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