---
name: "Dig Up the Body"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Casualty", "Mill"]
set: "SNC"
set_name: "Streets of New Capenna"
collector_number: "76"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Greg Staples"
oracle_id: "144e3d90-8ed8-4c21-941d-fc59cec042a2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dig-up-the-body-snc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dig Up the Body
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Casualty, Mill

## Oracle Text
Casualty 1 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 1 or greater. When you do, copy this spell.)
Mill two cards, then you may return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Corpse Churn](/printing/corpse-churn-ogw.md) — Instant
2. [Summon Undead](/printing/summon-undead-clb.md) — Sorcery
3. [Unseal the Necropolis](/printing/unseal-the-necropolis-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Selhoff Occultist](/printing/selhoff-occultist-jmp.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
5. [Morgue Thrull](/printing/morgue-thrull-sth.md) — Creature — Thrull
6. [Golgari Thug](/printing/golgari-thug-rvr.md) — Creature — Human Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #76
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Greg Staples
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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