Reanimate
Reanimate: Sorcery, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {B}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
- Released
- 2024-09-27
- Collector number
- 155
- Artist
- Johann Bodin
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About Reanimate
Reanimate is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black sorcery from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 155 in that set, with art by Johann Bodin. It costs {B} (one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl and Timeless. It is banned in Duel Commander, Historic and Gladiator. It has been printed in 20 sets, from Tempest (1997) to Marvel Universe (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $11.38 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
"You'd better be worth it." -Liliana Vess
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $11.38 (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 Reanimate by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Banned |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Banned |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Banned |
Other printings of Reanimate
Reanimate has been printed in 20 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Marvel Universe (MAR) #20 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Through the Omenpaths Bonus Sheet (OMB) #20 | Rare | 2025 |
| Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #282 | Rare | 2025 |
| The List (PLST) #TMP-151 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Breaking News (OTP) #18 | Rare | 2024 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #137 | Rare | 2024 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #206 | Rare | 2023 |
| Commander Collection: Black (CC2) #5 | Rare | 2022 |
| Jumpstart (JMP) #270 | Rare | 2020 |
| Ultimate Box Topper (PUMA) #U12 | Mythic | 2018 |
| Ultimate Masters (UMA) #110 | Rare | 2018 |
| Tempest Remastered (TPR) #112 | Uncommon | 2015 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Reanimate, newest first.
- If a card in a graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
- In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, the creature you control from Reanimate is exiled.
- The amount of life you lose is determined by the mana value of the card in your graveyard, not the creature once it's on the battlefield.
- You lose life after the creature is already on the battlefield. Any abilities it has that interact with loss of life, such as that of Platinum Emperion, apply to that loss of life.
- If any abilities trigger on the creature entering the battlefield, those abilities resolve after you lose life. If losing life results in you losing the game, those abilities won't resolve.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.