---
name: "Grim Captain's Call"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "XLN"
set_name: "Ixalan"
collector_number: "108"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Winona Nelson"
oracle_id: "94d3de8c-c8a2-4775-9096-d518f227f09a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grim-captains-call-xln"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Grim Captain's Call
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Return a Pirate card from your graveyard to your hand, then do the same for Vampire, Dinosaur, and Merfolk.

> *When the battle is over, the bitterest foes at last find common ground.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [March of the Drowned](/printing/march-of-the-drowned-plst.md) — Sorcery
2. [March of the Returned](/printing/march-of-the-returned-ths.md) — Sorcery
3. [Return from Extinction](/printing/return-from-extinction-mh1.md) — Sorcery
4. [Grim Discovery](/printing/grim-discovery-plst.md) — Sorcery
5. [Morbid Plunder](/printing/morbid-plunder-td2.md) — Sorcery
6. [Dutiful Return](/printing/dutiful-return-bfz.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ixalan (XLN) #108
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Winona Nelson
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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