---
name: "Command the Dreadhorde"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "WAR"
set_name: "War of the Spark"
collector_number: "82"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "198d31e4-1ae1-4bf9-a05a-7fa45c0aeddb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/command-the-dreadhorde-war"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Command the Dreadhorde
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose any number of target creature and/or planeswalker cards in graveyards. Command the Dreadhorde deals damage to you equal to the total mana value of those cards. Put them onto the battlefield under your control.

> *リリアナはボーラスの大軍団を掌握したが、鎖のヴェールの裏側では歯を噛み締めていた。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dredge the Mire](/printing/dredge-the-mire-scd.md) — Sorcery
2. [Visions of Dread](/printing/visions-of-dread-mic.md) — Sorcery
3. [Too Greedily, Too Deep](/printing/too-greedily-too-deep-ltc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Dread Summons](/printing/dread-summons-pz1.md) — Sorcery
5. [Shattered Crypt](/printing/shattered-crypt-wth.md) — Sorcery
6. [Dreadhorde Arcanist](/printing/dreadhorde-arcanist-tsr.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** War of the Spark (WAR) #82
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Daarken
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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