Danse Macabre

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Danse Macabre: Sorcery, Forgotten Realms Commander. Each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{B}{B}
Mana value
5
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC)
Released
2021-07-23
Collector number
22
Artist
Randy Vargas
Commander rank
7,278 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Danse Macabre

Danse Macabre is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black sorcery from Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC), a Commander product released in July 2021. It is collector number 22 in that set, with art by Randy Vargas. It costs {3}{B}{B} (three generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Forgotten Realms Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.11 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice. Roll a d20 and add the toughness of the creature you sacrificed this way.

1-14 | Return a creature card put into a graveyard this way to the battlefield under your control.

15+ | Return up to two creature cards put into graveyards this way to the battlefield under your control.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.11 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Danse Macabre by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Danse Macabre

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #291Rare2021

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Danse Macabre, newest first.

  • If a player sacrifices their commander this way, they won't be able to choose whether to put it into the command zone until after Danse Macabre has finished resolving. Notably, this means that the sacrificed commander is a legal choice for the spell's controller to return to the battlefield. If they choose it this way, it will stay on the battlefield under their control.
  • You add only the toughness of the creature you sacrificed this way, not the toughness of any creatures your opponent sacrificed. If you didn't sacrifice a creature this way, you will still roll a d20, but you will not add anything to the roll.
  • Starting with you and continuing in turn order, each player will choose which creature they will sacrifice. They will know the choices made by players before them in this order when they make that choice. The creatures are all sacrificed at the same time.
  • All creatures are chosen and sacrificed before the die is rolled. You don't get to see what the result of the die roll is before choosing which creature to sacrifice.

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