Dread Return
Dread Return: Sorcery, Commander Masters. Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Commander Masters (CMM)
- Released
- 2023-08-04
- Collector number
- 153
- Artist
- Kev Walker
- Keywords
- Flashback
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About Dread Return
Dread Return is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black sorcery from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 153 in that set, with art by Kev Walker. It costs {2}{B}{B} (two generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander and PreDH. It is banned in Modern. It has been printed in 13 sets, from Time Spiral (2006) to Commander Masters (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.44 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Flashback-Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Those who forget the horrors of the past are doomed to re-meet them.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.44 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Dread Return by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Banned |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Dread Return
Dread Return has been printed in 13 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2564 | Rare | 2026 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #637 | Common | 2023 |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #302 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #80 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #200 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #200★ | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #111 | Uncommon | 2021 |
| Double Masters (2XM) #89 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| The List (PLST) #DDQ-55 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed (DDQ) #55 | Uncommon | 2016 |
| Commander 2014 (C14) #142 | Uncommon | 2014 |
| Premium Deck Series: Graveborn (PD3) #23 | Uncommon | 2011 |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Dread Return, newest first.
- You choose the target for Dread Return before paying any of its costs, so it's not possible to cast it using flashback and bring back one of the creatures you sacrifice.
- To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
- You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
- "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."
- If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
- You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
- A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
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