---
name: "Death Denied"
mana_cost: "{X}{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PSAL"
set_name: "Salvat 2005"
collector_number: "F42"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Greg Hildebrandt"
oracle_id: "94f23a93-cd98-4ee7-9e62-9b7b49ace6fd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/death-denied-psal"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Death Denied
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant — Arcane

## Oracle Text
Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [March of the Returned](/printing/march-of-the-returned-ths.md) — Sorcery
2. [Dutiful Return](/printing/dutiful-return-bfz.md) — Sorcery
3. [Disentomb](/printing/disentomb-m11.md) — Sorcery
4. [Fight On!](/printing/fight-on-fin.md) — Instant
5. [Raise Dead](/printing/raise-dead-leb.md) — Sorcery
6. [Death's Duet](/printing/deaths-duet-exo.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Salvat 2005 (PSAL) #F42
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Greg Hildebrandt
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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