---
name: "Afterlife from the Loam"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 8
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Delve"]
set: "TDC"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander"
collector_number: "25"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Johann Bodin"
oracle_id: "151c867f-cc77-42de-9ae5-5fd2233ccdab"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/afterlife-from-the-loam-tdc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Afterlife from the Loam
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 8)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Delve

## Oracle Text
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.)
For each player, choose up to one target creature card in that player's graveyard. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control. They're Zombies in addition to their other types.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sibsig Muckdraggers](/printing/sibsig-muckdraggers-frf.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Shambling Attendants](/printing/shambling-attendants-ktk.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Empty the Pits](/printing/empty-the-pits-ktk.md) — Instant
4. [Murderous Cut](/printing/murderous-cut-plst.md) — Instant
5. [Phyrexian Delver](/printing/phyrexian-delver-c13.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie
6. [Gurmag Angler](/printing/gurmag-angler-pio.md) — Creature — Zombie Fish

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #25
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Johann Bodin
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`