Reanimate
Jumpstart 270 • rare
- Set
- Jumpstart
- Collector number
- 270
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Johann Bodin
- Market price
- $10.56
What it does
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
"You'd better be worth it."— Liliana Vess
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricBanned
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Reanimate first appeared in the Animate Dead cycle within the 1997 Tempest expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a sorcery that returns a creature from a graveyard to play for a single black mana, it was designed by the development team to be a high-risk, high-reward card that showcased the game's core philosophy of sacrifice and power. Over time, it became a cornerstone of competitive play, ultimately becoming restricted or banned in various formats due to its unprecedented efficiency.
The Jumpstart version, released in 2020, features new artwork by Svetlin Velinov. While the original Tempest card featured a more classic, dark fantasy aesthetic, the Jumpstart printing reimagines the spell with a modern, more visceral illustrative style that emphasizes the necromantic process. This version was part of a set specifically designed to make older, powerful staples more accessible to a new generation of players, cementing its status as an essential tool for black-aligned decks.
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