Raise Dead
Classic Sixth Edition 152 • common
- Set
- Classic Sixth Edition
- Collector number
- 152
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Charles Gillespie
- Market price
- $0.10
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 was first printed in the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, designed by Richard Garfield as a staple effect within the black mana color identity. The card allows a player to return a creature card from their graveyard to their hand, serving as a fundamental mechanical representation of necromancy within the game's lore. Over time, it became a defining common-rarity spell, valued for its simplicity and efficiency in resource management during longer games.
The version from the Classic Sixth Edition set, released in 1999, features artwork that maintains the grim, ethereal aesthetic established in early editions. During the late 1990s, the design philosophy for the game focused on consolidating rules and refining the core experience, leading to the use of updated card frames and revised templating for cards like Raise Dead. This iteration is widely recognized by players of the era for its role in the base set, which served as the primary entry point for many new participants at the turn of the millennium.
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