Raise Dead
Revised Edition 124 • common
- Set
- Revised Edition
- Collector number
- 124
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Jeff A. Menges
- Market price
- $0.26
What it does
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
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 was introduced in the Limited Edition Alpha set in 1993, establishing itself as a foundational common card in the Magic: The Gathering ecosystem. As one of the game's earliest black spells, it was designed to define the color's mechanical identity by allowing players to return creatures from their graveyard to their hand, emphasizing the theme of necromancy that has remained central to the color's strategy for decades.
The artwork for the Revised Edition version features the iconic illustration by Dan Frazier, whose stylistic contributions were pivotal in defining the aesthetic of early Magic. Frazier’s approach focused on moody, atmospheric depictions of dark fantasy elements, which helped cement the game's initial visual tone. Revised Edition served as the third core set, released in 1994, and is widely noted for its use of the white-bordered card frame, a design choice intended to differentiate reprints from the highly sought-after original Alpha and Beta printings.
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