---
name: "Cauldron Dance"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{R}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: []
set: "INV"
set_name: "Invasion"
collector_number: "238"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Donato Giancola"
oracle_id: "e9784eb4-96f2-409e-a7b5-eb6478644943"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cauldron-dance-inv"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cauldron Dance
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{R}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Cast this spell only during combat.
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Return it to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.
You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Its controller sacrifices it at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wake the Dead](/printing/wake-the-dead-c14.md) — Instant
2. [Spinal Embrace](/printing/spinal-embrace-inv.md) — Instant
3. [Corpse Dance](/printing/corpse-dance-tmp.md) — Instant
4. [Sneak Attack](/printing/sneak-attack-wot.md) — Enchantment
5. [Gruesome Encore](/printing/gruesome-encore-mbs.md) — Sorcery
6. [Macabre Mockery](/printing/macabre-mockery-rna.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Invasion (INV) #238
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Donato Giancola
- **Total Printings:** 18 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`