Reanimate
Commander Collection: Black 5 • rare
- Set
- Commander Collection: Black
- Collector number
- 5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Nils Hamm
- Market price
- $12.09
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.
"Death is a small price to pay for immortality."— Baron Sengir
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 was originally released in the 1997 Tempest expansion for Magic: The Gathering, designed by Mike Elliott. The card serves as a foundational example of black mana's philosophy of trading life for power, allowing players to return a creature from any graveyard to the battlefield at the cost of life points equal to that creature's mana cost. Its efficiency made it an instant staple in competitive formats, particularly those allowing graveyard-centric strategies.
The Commander Collection: Black version, released in 2020, was curated specifically for players of the Commander format to provide reprints of essential black-aligned cards. This iteration features updated, thematic artwork by Jason Felix, who utilized a stark, visceral style to evoke the darker themes of resurrection and necromancy. The release was well-received by the player base for its thematic cohesion and the inclusion of high-utility cards with cohesive aesthetic treatments.
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