Relentless Dead
- Mana cost
- {B}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Zombie
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 2
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop #850 (mythic)
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
When this creature dies, you may pay {B}. If you do, return it to its owner's hand.
When this creature dies, you may pay {X}. If you do, return another target Zombie creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Relentless Dead has 4 printings, first in Shadows over Innistrad (2016). EDHREC ranks it #5,026 among Commander cards. It appears most in Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver decks (8,927 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: legal
Commanders that run Relentless Dead most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver: 8,927 decks
- Varina, Lich Queen: 3,885 decks
- The Scarab God: 3,388 decks
- Temmet, Naktamun's Will: 1,462 decks
- Grimgrin, Corpse-Born: 1,423 decks
- Ghoulcaller Gisa: 1,395 decks
- Gisa and Geralf: 1,208 decks
- The Ghoul, Gunslinger: 1,186 decks
Often played with Relentless Dead
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Relentless Dead’s last two abilities trigger at the same time and can be put on the stack in either order. The ability put on the stack first will be the last to resolve.
- : You decide whether to pay for each triggered ability as it resolves. If you do, the rest of that ability’s effect happens before any player may take actions.