---
name: "Charnel Serenade"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Surveil", "Suspend"]
set: "MKC"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor Commander"
collector_number: "26"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Alex Stone"
oracle_id: "54c3d8ba-ee7c-4f15-8ee3-e5daf860b428"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/charnel-serenade-mkc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Charnel Serenade
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Surveil, Suspend

## Oracle Text
Surveil 3, then return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Exile Charnel Serenade with three time counters on it.
Suspend 3—{2}{B} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {2}{B} and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sinister Concierge](/printing/sinister-concierge-pncc.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Suspend](/printing/suspend-mh2.md) — Instant
3. [Resurgent Belief](/printing/resurgent-belief-pmh2.md) — Sorcery
4. [Soovril, Patient Antiquarian](/printing/soovril-patient-antiquarian-ysos.md) — Legendary Creature — Orc Cleric
5. [Suspended Sentence](/printing/suspended-sentence-dsc.md) — Instant
6. [Profane Tutor](/printing/profane-tutor-mh2.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #26
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Alex Stone
- **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`