---
name: "Cruel Revival"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ONS"
set_name: "Onslaught"
collector_number: "135"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Greg Staples"
oracle_id: "836d074a-8888-42a0-8dce-11ffce00d2f5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cruel-revival-ons"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cruel Revival
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Destroy target non-Zombie creature. It can't be regenerated. Return up to one target Zombie card from your graveyard to your hand.

> *Poucos lutadores da Cabala temem a morte. Eles temem o que a segue.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vile Rebirth](/printing/vile-rebirth-m14.md) — Instant
2. [Zombie Scavengers](/printing/zombie-scavengers-wth.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Grave Defiler](/printing/grave-defiler-apc.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Zombie Apocalypse](/printing/zombie-apocalypse-sld.md) — Sorcery
5. [Zombify](/printing/zombify-wc03.md) — Sorcery
6. [Cemetery Recruitment](/printing/cemetery-recruitment-fdn.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Onslaught (ONS) #135
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Greg Staples
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

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