---
name: "Defossilize"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Explore"]
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "103"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Dibujante Nocturno"
oracle_id: "d620de15-8141-4877-9330-8328a3fa85e1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/defossilize-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Defossilize
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Explore

## Oracle Text
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature explores, then it explores again. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard. Then repeat this process.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Disentomb](/printing/disentomb-m11.md) — Sorcery
2. [Return from Extinction](/printing/return-from-extinction-mh1.md) — Sorcery
3. [Rise Again](/printing/rise-again-m21.md) — Sorcery
4. [Enter the Unknown](/printing/enter-the-unknown-rix.md) — Sorcery
5. [A-Fates' Reversal](/printing/a-fates-reversal-afr.md) — Sorcery
6. [Edgar's Awakening](/printing/edgars-awakening-vow.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #103
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Dibujante Nocturno
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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