Reanimate
Archenemy 21 • uncommon
- Set
- Archenemy
- Collector number
- 21
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Robert Bliss
- Market price
- $14.13
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 will learn to earn death."— Volrath
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 of early Magic: The Gathering sets, eventually becoming a staple of black-aligned deck strategies. The Archenemy release, published in 2010, utilized this card as part of a specialized supplemental product designed for a three-versus-one multiplayer format. This specific printing served to provide players with accessible versions of powerful, high-utility spells that defined the game's competitive legacy.
The artwork for this version was illustrated by Kev Walker, a long-standing contributor to the game whose distinct, gritty aesthetic often highlights the darker themes of necromancy. In this iteration, the illustration captures the visceral moment of a creature being pulled back from the void, a stylistic choice intended to emphasize the card's mechanical function of returning a creature from the graveyard to play. The piece was well-received by players for reinforcing the card's potent, albeit costly, nature.
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