
USD
$1.32
USD foil
$1.19
EUR
€1.10
MTGO
0.31 tix
Wake the Dead
Instant
Cast this spell only during combat on an opponent's turn.
Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. Sacrifice those creatures at the beginning of the next end step.
Commander bracket
1
+
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Salt Score
0.11
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Combos 4
Wake the Dead+Archaeomancer+Peregrine Drake+Viscera Seer
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite scry 1Infinite untap of lands you control
16 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Wake the Dead+Archaeomancer+Peregrine Drake+Carrion Feeder
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite untap of lands you control
4 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Wake the Dead+Eternal Witness+Peregrine Drake+Carrion Feeder
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite untap of lands you control
2 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Wake the Dead+Eternal Witness+Peregrine Drake+Viscera Seer
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite scry 1Infinite untap of lands you control
1 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Format legality
Standard
Not legal
Pioneer
Not legal
Modern
Not legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Not legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Brawl
Not legal
Standard Brawl
Not legal
Historic
Not legal
Timeless
Not legal
Alchemy
Not legal
Penny
Not legal
Premodern
Not legal
PreDH
Not legal
Pauper EDH
Not legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Not legal
Gladiator
Not legal
Rulings
- 2014-11-07
The delayed triggered ability that makes you sacrifice the creatures will trigger only once. If you don’t sacrifice one or more of those creatures at that time (perhaps because another player gained control of them), the ability won’t try to make you sacrifice them on future turns.