Rise from the Grave

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Rise from the Grave: Sorcery, Zendikar Rising Commander. Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{B}
Mana value
5
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC)
Released
2020-09-25
Collector number
53
Artist
Kieran Yanner
Commander rank
10,798 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Rise from the Grave

Rise from the Grave is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black sorcery from Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC), a Commander product released in September 2020. It is collector number 53 in that set, with art by Kieran Yanner. It costs {4}{B} (four generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 18 sets, from Magic 2010 (2009) to Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.

"Death is no excuse for disobedience." -Liliana Vess

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Rise from the Grave by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Rise from the Grave

Rise from the Grave has been printed in 18 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR) #131Uncommon2023
Arena Beginner Set (ANB) #56bUncommon2020
Game Night 2019 (GN2) #33Uncommon2019
Arena New Player Experience Extras (XANA) #34Uncommon2018
Core Set 2019 (M19) #117Uncommon2018
Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #73Uncommon2018
Commander Anthology (CMA) #65Uncommon2017
Eldritch Moon (EMN) #102Uncommon2016
Commander 2015 (C15) #134Uncommon2015
Duel Decks Anthology: Garruk vs. Liliana (GVL) #56Uncommon2014
Magic 2013 (M13) #107Uncommon2012
Commander 2011 (CMD) #96Uncommon2011

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Rise from the Grave, newest first.

  • If the creature is normally colorless, it will simply become black. It can’t be both black and colorless.
  • A later effect that changes the affected creature’s colors will overwrite that part of Rise from the Grave’s effect; the creature will be only the new color. The same is true about an effect that changes the affected creature’s types or subtypes.
  • Rise from the Grave doesn’t overwrite any previous colors or types. Rather, it adds another color and another subtype.

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