Tenacious Dead
- Mana cost
- {B}
- Type
- Creature — Skeleton Warrior
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 1
- Set
- Magic 2014 #118 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.13 USD
When this creature dies, you may pay {1}{B}. If you do, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control.
Tenacious Dead has 2 printings, first in Magic 2014 (2013). EDHREC ranks it #13,493 among Commander cards. It appears most in Ozox, the Clattering King decks (423 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Tenacious Dead most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Ozox, the Clattering King: 423 decks
- Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper: 356 decks
- Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist: 334 decks
- Skeleton Ship: 164 decks
- Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake: 111 decks
- Shessra, Death's Whisper: 70 decks
- Tymaret, the Murder King: 55 decks
- Bontu the Glorified: 37 decks
Often played with Tenacious Dead
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If you control a Tenacious Dead owned by another player when it dies, you’ll control the triggered ability. However, if you choose to pay {1}{B}, it will be put onto the battlefield under its owner’s control.
- : You decide whether to pay {1}{B} when the ability resolves. If you choose not to, you won’t get another chance later.