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Animate Dead CEI

Other printings of "Animate Dead": PLST #EMA-78 TD0 #A36 P22 #7 PD3 #16 ME1 #57 EMA #78 30A #92 LEA #92 2ED #93 3ED #93 CED #93 CEI #93 FBB #93 LEB #93 SUM #93 VMA #104 4BB #118 4ED #118 MKC #125 5ED #140 30A #389

Card

id17388
artistAnson Maddocks
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asciiName
attractionLights
availabilitypaper
boosterTypes
borderColorblack
colorIdentityB
colorIndicator
colorsB
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank215
edhrecSaltiness0.54
faceConvertedManaCost
faceFlavorName
faceManaValue
faceName
finishesnonfoil
flavorName
flavorText
frameEffects
frameVersion1993
hand
hasAlternativeDeckLimit
hasContentWarning
hasFoil0
hasNonFoil1
isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly
isOversized
isPromo
isRebalanced
isReprint1
isReserved
isStarter1
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywordsEnchant
languageEnglish
layoutnormal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost{1}{B}
manaValue2
nameAnimate Dead
number93
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalText
otherFaceIds
power
printings2ED, 30A, 3ED, 4BB, 4ED, 5ED, CED, CEI, EMA, FBB, LEA, LEB, ME1, MKC, P22, PD3, PLST, SUM, TD0, VMA
promoTypes
rarityuncommon
rebalancedPrintings
relatedCards
securityStamp
setCodeCEI
side
signature
sourceProducts{'nonfoil': ['77e3a2b6-e115-5519-a3c9-730a8e019449']}
subsets
subtypesAura
supertypes
textEnchant creature card in a graveyard
When this Aura enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with this Aura." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach this Aura to it. When this Aura leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.
toughness
typeEnchantment — Aura
typesEnchantment
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variations
watermark
setNameIntl. Collectors' Edition

Identifiers

id17388
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scryfallIllustrationIdb19cb181-a679-4d68-b2cd-e0a809de03bc
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tcgplayerEtchedProductId
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Legalities

id17388
alchemy
brawl
commander
duel
future
gladiator
historic
legacy
modern
oathbreaker
oldschool
pauper
paupercommander
penny
pioneer
predh
premodern
standard
standardbrawl
timeless
uuida914c7b0-a851-5ed9-bc8d-4255fb1548ab
vintage

Purchase URLs

id17388
cardKingdomhttps://mtgjson.com/links/c95951e41e77e291
cardKingdomEtched
cardKingdomFoil
cardmarket
tcgplayerhttps://mtgjson.com/links/4c906032cddc0b62
tcgplayerEtched
uuida914c7b0-a851-5ed9-bc8d-4255fb1548ab

Foreign Data (per language)

No foreign data.

Rulings

datetext
2016-06-08Abilities such as shroud and protection function only on the battlefield unless otherwise specified. A creature card with shroud may be targeted by Animate Dead, and Animate Dead will become attached to the creature that enters the battlefield.
2016-06-08Animate Dead is an Aura, albeit with an unusual enchant ability. You target a creature card in a graveyard when you cast it. It enters the battlefield attached to that card. Then it returns that card to the battlefield, and attaches itself to the card again (since the card is a new object on the battlefield). Animate Dead itself never moves into a graveyard during this process.
2016-06-08If Animate Dead isn't on the battlefield as its triggered ability resolves, none of its effects happen. The creature card won't be returned to the battlefield.
2016-06-08If the creature put onto the battlefield has protection from black—or if the creature can't legally be enchanted by Animate Dead for another reason—Animate Dead won't be able to attach to it. It will be put into the graveyard as a state-based action, causing its delayed triggered ability to trigger. When the trigger resolves, if the creature's still on the battlefield, its controller will sacrifice it.
2016-06-08Once the creature is returned to the battlefield, Animate Dead can't be attached to anything other than it (unless Animate Dead somehow manages to put a different creature onto the battlefield). Attempting to move Animate Dead to another creature won't work.

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