---
name: "Corpse Dance"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Buyback"]
set: "TMP"
set_name: "Tempest"
collector_number: "116"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Brian Snõddy"
oracle_id: "59b02ca7-e7bd-4820-ac32-87ea1a8c64c0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/corpse-dance-tmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Corpse Dance
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Buyback

## Oracle Text
Buyback {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Return the top creature card of your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste until end of turn. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Disturbed Burial](/printing/disturbed-burial-tmp.md) — Sorcery
2. [Shallow Grave](/printing/shallow-grave-mir.md) — Instant
3. [Gruesome Encore](/printing/gruesome-encore-mbs.md) — Sorcery
4. [Bond of Revival](/printing/bond-of-revival-ajmp.md) — Sorcery
5. [Apprentice Necromancer](/printing/apprentice-necromancer-uma.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
6. [Macabre Mockery](/printing/macabre-mockery-rna.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tempest (TMP) #116
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Brian Snõddy
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`