Necromancy
Necromancy: Enchantment, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. You may cast this spell as though it had flash. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
- Released
- 2024-02-09
- Collector number
- 131
- Artist
- Bastien L. Deharme
- Commander rank
- 1,000 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Necromancy
Necromancy is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black enchantment from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 131 in that set, with art by Bastien L. Deharme. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Visions (1997) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $18.59 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
You may cast this spell as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step.
When this enchantment enters, if it's on the battlefield, it becomes an Aura with "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Necromancy." Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control and attach this enchantment to it. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $18.59 (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 Necromancy by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Necromancy
Necromancy has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Arena Anthology 3 (AA3) #9 | Uncommon | 2025 |
| The List (PLST) #VIS-64 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Visions (VIS) #64 | Uncommon | 1997 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Necromancy, newest first.
- The sacrifice occurs only if you cast it using its own ability. If you cast it using some other effect (for example, if another effect allowed you to cast it as though it had flash), then it won't be sacrificed.
- If the creature card put onto the battlefield has protection from black (or anything that prevents this from legally being attached), this won't be able to attach to it. Then this will go to the graveyard as a state-based action, causing the creature to be sacrificed.
- Necromancy enters as an enchantment and then becomes an Enchant Creature Aura as a triggered ability upon entering. It follows all the rules for Auras from then on.
- When putting a card onto the battlefield that requires a definition for its value or some other choice, you do what is needed to define the value or make the choice.
- The bringing of the creature onto the battlefield and then putting Necromancy on it is all done as part of the resolution.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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Necromancy is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
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