Not Dead After All

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Not Dead After All: Instant, Wilds of Eldraine. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{B}
Mana value
1
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Common
Set
Wilds of Eldraine (WOE)
Released
2023-09-08
Collector number
101
Artist
Randy Vargas
Commander rank
1,096 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Role token

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About Not Dead After All

Not Dead After All is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black instant from Wilds of Eldraine (WOE), an expansion set released in September 2023. It is collector number 101 in that set, with art by Randy Vargas. It costs {B} (one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Wilds of Eldraine is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.56 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).

Card text

Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control, then create a Wicked Role token attached to it." (Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this token is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.56 (as of 2026-11-02).

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

Format legality

Legality of Not Dead After All by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Not Dead After All, newest first.

  • If the creature doesn't return to the battlefield or returns as a noncreature permanent, the Wicked Role token won't be created.
  • Some spells and abilities that create Role tokens require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. The Role token won't be created.
  • Roles are colorless enchantment tokens. Each one has the Aura and Role subtypes and the enchant creature ability.
  • A permanent can have multiple Roles attached to it if each one is controlled by a different player.
  • If two or more Roles controlled by the same player become attached to a permanent at the same time (perhaps due to an effect such as that of Doubling Season), that player chooses which one to keep and which are put into their owners' graveyards.
  • Cards in the Wilds of Eldraine main set create six different Role tokens: Cursed, Monster, Royal, Sorcerer, Wicked, and Young Hero. A seventh Role token, Virtuous, is created by Ellivere of the Wild Court, the commander of the "Virtue and Valor" Commander Deck.
  • If multiple creatures return to the battlefield (possibly because Not Dead After All targeted a melded permanent), a Wicked Role token will be created attached to each of them.
  • If a permanent has more than one Role attached to it controlled by the same player, each of those Roles except the one with the most recent timestamp is put into its owner's graveyard. This is a state-based action.

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