Zombify
Ninth Edition 171★ • uncommon
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Collector number
- 171★
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Mark Romanoski
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
"The first birth celebrates life. The second birth mocks it."— Mystic elder
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Zombify was first introduced to the Magic: The Gathering card game in the Urza's Legacy expansion in 1999, designed to provide black-aligned decks with a consistent method for reanimating creatures from the graveyard. The card is a quintessential representative of black magic's core philosophy of death and rebirth, functioning as a powerful utility spell that allows players to return a fallen creature directly to the battlefield.
The Ninth Edition printing, featuring the artwork of Kev Walker, reflects the transition of the card into the core set era. Walker’s illustration captures the visceral nature of necromancy, focusing on the dark, ethereal emergence of the dead. Within the game's evolving meta, the card was widely recognized for its efficiency in synergy-heavy strategies, maintaining its relevance as a staple reanimation effect throughout its tenure in the early core sets.
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