---
name: "Balduvian Dead"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: []
set: "ME2"
set_name: "Masters Edition II"
collector_number: "79"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Mike Kimble"
oracle_id: "18d6b89a-3588-43d9-a247-4747a7d784fc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/balduvian-dead-me2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Balduvian Dead
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie

## Oracle Text
{2}{R}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a 3/1 black and red Graveborn creature token with haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Graveyard Marshal](/printing/graveyard-marshal-m19.md) — Creature — Zombie Soldier
2. [Vile Rebirth](/printing/vile-rebirth-m14.md) — Instant
3. [Ghoulcaller's Accomplice](/printing/ghoulcallers-accomplice-jmp.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
4. [Ritual of the Returned](/printing/ritual-of-the-returned-jou.md) — Instant
5. [Boneclad Necromancer](/printing/boneclad-necromancer-m20.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Shamble Back](/printing/shamble-back-soi.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition II (ME2) #79
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Mike Kimble

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2008-10-01)* If the ability is activated during a turn’s Ending phase (after any “at the beginning of the End step” triggers would have triggered that turn), the Graveborn token will remain on the battlefield until the following turn’s End step.