Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire: Instant, Zendikar Rising. Choose target creature. You lose 2 life. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {B}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Zendikar Rising (ZNR)
- Released
- 2020-09-25
- Collector number
- 111
- Artist
- Marta Nael
- Commander rank
- 242 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black instant from Zendikar Rising (ZNR), an expansion set released in September 2020. It is collector number 111 in that set, with art by Marta Nael. It costs {B} (one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Zendikar Rising is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $11.83 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Choose target creature. You lose 2 life. Until end of turn, that creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."
"Those who fail to escape Malakir become part of the city's defense." -Doros, expedition guide
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $11.83 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire, newest first.
- If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Malakir Rebirth tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't lose 2 life.
- There is a single triangle icon in the top left corner of the front face. There is a double triangle icon in the top left corner of the back face.
- A modal double-faced card can't be transformed or be put onto the battlefield transformed. Ignore any instruction to transform a modal double-faced card or to put one onto the battlefield transformed.
- If an effect allows you to play a land or cast a spell from among a group of cards, you may play or cast a modal double-faced card with any face that fits the criteria of that effect.
- In the Commander variant, a double-faced card's color identity is determined by the mana costs and mana symbols in the rules text of both faces combined. If either face has a color indicator or basic land type, those are also considered.
- To determine whether it is legal to play a modal double-faced card, consider only the characteristics of the face you're playing and ignore the other face's characteristics.
- Malakir Rebirth's effect works only once. If the targeted creature dies and is then returned to the battlefield, it's considered to be a new creature. If that new creature dies, it won't come back.
- If an effect allows you to play a specific modal double-faced card, you may cast it as a spell or play it as a land, as determined by which face you choose to play. If an effect allows you to cast (rather than "play") a specific modal double-faced card, you can't play it as a land.
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