---
name: "Eternal Taskmaster"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "J25"
set_name: "Foundations Jumpstart"
collector_number: "117"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Chris Seaman"
oracle_id: "a7c000a8-1864-4bb2-80fa-a61d74dbd966"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/eternal-taskmaster-j25"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Eternal Taskmaster
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3

## Oracle Text
This creature enters tapped.
Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay {2}{B}. If you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

> *Sometimes she considered how much easier it would have been to stay dead.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gravedigger](/printing/gravedigger-9ed.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Project Deathlok Soldier](/printing/project-deathlok-soldier-msh.md) — Artifact Creature — Zombie Soldier
3. [Dread Wanderer](/printing/dread-wanderer-akh.md) — Creature — Zombie Jackal
4. [Zombify](/printing/zombify-wc03.md) — Sorcery
5. [Gravespawn Sovereign](/printing/gravespawn-sovereign-plst.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Lord of the Undead](/printing/lord-of-the-undead-spg.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #117
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Chris Seaman
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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