---
name: "Driver of the Dead"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Vampire"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "AVR"
set_name: "Avacyn Restored"
collector_number: "99"
rarity: "common"
artist: "James Ryman"
oracle_id: "7c179e54-3beb-4761-bddf-41fa98b082db"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/driver-of-the-dead-avr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Driver of the Dead
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Vampire
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2

## Oracle Text
When this creature dies, return target creature card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

> *Alcuni vampiri si dedicarono al traffico di cadaveri dopo che i catari ne bruciarono i possedimenti e li bandirono dai territori di caccia ancestrali.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Stir the Grave](/printing/stir-the-grave-bok.md) — Sorcery
2. [Doomed Necromancer](/printing/doomed-necromancer-ajmp.md) — Creature — Human Cleric Mercenary
3. [Corpse Hauler](/printing/corpse-hauler-jmp.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
4. [Undertaker](/printing/undertaker-tsb.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper
5. [Gravedigger](/printing/gravedigger-9ed.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Carrion Thrash](/printing/carrion-thrash-ala.md) — Creature — Lizard Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avacyn Restored (AVR) #99
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** James Ryman
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

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