---
name: "Dance of the Dead"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "ME2"
set_name: "Masters Edition II"
collector_number: "83"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Randy Gallegos"
oracle_id: "15d5b198-edbe-40f3-87e2-d72f7f0c58ab"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dance-of-the-dead-me2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dance of the Dead
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When this Aura enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with this Aura." Put enchanted creature card onto the battlefield tapped under your control and attach this Aura to it. When this Aura leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may pay {1}{B}. If the player does, untap that creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Animate Dead](/printing/animate-dead-2ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Locked in the Cemetery](/printing/locked-in-the-cemetery-dbl.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Melancholy](/printing/melancholy-plc.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Animate Graveyard](/printing/animate-graveyard-unf.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Lingering Death](/printing/lingering-death-scg.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Unhallowed Pact](/printing/unhallowed-pact-cns.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition II (ME2) #83
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Randy Gallegos
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`