---
name: "Gruesome Encore"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MBS"
set_name: "Mirrodin Besieged"
collector_number: "44"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Adrian Smith"
oracle_id: "f87bf51e-6218-4418-ae3e-98055e9601e4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gruesome-encore-mbs"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gruesome Encore
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. If that creature would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Macabre Mockery](/printing/macabre-mockery-rna.md) — Instant
2. [Shallow Grave](/printing/shallow-grave-mir.md) — Instant
3. [Bond of Revival](/printing/bond-of-revival-ajmp.md) — Sorcery
4. [Haunted House](/printing/haunted-house-unf.md) — Artifact — Attraction
5. [Postmortem Lunge](/printing/postmortem-lunge-nph.md) — Sorcery
6. [Grave Upheaval](/printing/grave-upheaval-c16.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirrodin Besieged (MBS) #44
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Adrian Smith
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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