Wake the Dead
- Mana cost
- {X}{B}{B}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Commander Masters #526 (rare)
Cast this spell only during combat on an opponent's turn.
Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. Sacrifice those creatures at the beginning of the next end step.
Wake the Dead has 3 printings, first in Commander 2014 (2014). EDHREC ranks it #8,447 among Commander cards. It appears most in Syr Konrad, the Grim decks (1,269 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Wake the Dead
- Sworn to Darkness - Commander 2014, led by Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
Commanders that run Wake the Dead most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Syr Konrad, the Grim: 1,269 decks
- Ratadrabik of Urborg: 703 decks
- Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker: 617 decks
- Avacyn, Angel of Horror: 425 decks
- Araumi of the Dead Tide: 411 decks
- Rakdos, the Muscle: 306 decks
- Kokusho, the Evening Star: 284 decks
- Bartolomé del Presidio: 264 decks
Often played with Wake the Dead
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The delayed triggered ability that makes you sacrifice the creatures will trigger only once. If you don’t sacrifice one or more of those creatures at that time (perhaps because another player gained control of them), the ability won’t try to make you sacrifice them on future turns.