---
name: "Dawn of the Dead"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "TOR"
set_name: "Torment"
collector_number: "59"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "309e61f5-1fc7-4481-8d3a-9b35d335c99f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dawn-of-the-dead-tor"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dawn of the Dead
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return target creature card from 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. [Ashen Ghoul](/printing/ashen-ghoul-cst.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Shallow Grave](/printing/shallow-grave-mir.md) — Instant
3. [Gruesome Encore](/printing/gruesome-encore-mbs.md) — Sorcery
4. [Deathless Knight](/printing/deathless-knight-eld.md) — Creature — Skeleton Knight
5. [Dreams of the Dead](/printing/dreams-of-the-dead-ice.md) — Enchantment
6. [Postmortem Lunge](/printing/postmortem-lunge-nph.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Torment (TOR) #59
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`