---
name: "Army of the Damned"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 8
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "NCC"
set_name: "New Capenna Commander"
collector_number: "242"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Ryan Pancoast"
oracle_id: "75d667ec-86f4-4850-a3b6-e7a9fc7053b0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/army-of-the-damned-ncc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Army of the Damned
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 8)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Create thirteen tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
Flashback {7}{B}{B}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Moan of the Unhallowed](/printing/moan-of-the-unhallowed-uma.md) — Sorcery
2. [Reap the Seagraf](/printing/reap-the-seagraf-dka.md) — Sorcery
3. [Ghoulcaller's Harvest](/printing/ghoulcallers-harvest-mid.md) — Sorcery
4. [The Final Days](/printing/the-final-days-fin.md) — Sorcery
5. [Welcome the Dead](/printing/welcome-the-dead-tdc.md) — Sorcery
6. [Dark Salvation](/printing/dark-salvation-mic.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Capenna Commander (NCC) #242
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Ryan Pancoast

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2024-11-08)* To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
- *(2024-11-08)* You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
- *(2024-11-08)* A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
- *(2024-11-08)* If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
- *(2024-11-08)* You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
- *(2024-11-08)* "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."